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title: Josh says, "My bracelets cost me £2 and I sold 10 for a quid each, s… — The school fair, famous companies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh says, "My bracelets cost me £2 and I sold 10 for a quid each, so I made a tenner." ("Quid" means a pound.) What's the real profit? Test 4 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 4 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

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Josh says, "My bracelets cost me £2 and I sold 10 for a quid each, so I made a tenner." ("Quid" means a pound.) What's the real profit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, bracelets, Quid, real profit · **What happens:** say, cost, sell, make, mean, be · **To what, where:** Josh, 10, tenner, pound · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh says, "My bracelets cost me £2 and I sold 10 for a quid each, so I made a tenner."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:1
# text = Josh says, "My bracelets cost me £2 and I sold 10 for a quid each, so I made a tenner."
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bracelets	bracelet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Josh |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cost** *in a quote* | present | My bracelets |  | Josh |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme i=Beneficiary £=Value |
| 3 | **sell** *in a quote* | past | Josh | 10 |  |  |  | for a quid | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent 10=Recipient each=Theme for quid=Asset |
| 4 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Josh | a tenner |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tenner=Product |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Quid" means a pound.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:2
# text = ("Quid" means a pound.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Quid	Quid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Quid | a pound |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the real profit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:3
# text = What's the real profit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real profit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:o1:1
# text = £2
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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£12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:o2:1
# text = £12
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:o3:1
# text = £10
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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£8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t4:o4:1
# text = £8
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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