--- title: What would happen if the cake stall had to buy the 40 cakes at 30p e… — The school fair, famous companies and… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if the cake stall had to buy the 40 cakes at 30p each? Test 6 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [The school fair, famous companies and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/) / t6 # Test 6 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss What would happen if the cake stall had to buy the 40 cakes at 30p each? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cake stall · **What happens:** happen, have, buy · **To what, where:** 40 cakes, 30 p This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t6:1 # text = What would happen if the cake stall had to buy the 40 cakes at 30p each? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the cake stall | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the cake stall *not said here* | the 40 cakes | | 30 p each | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cake=Theme at p=Asset | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Profit would rise from £20 to £32 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t6:o1:1 # text = Profit would rise from £20 to £32 1 Profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | would | Profit | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from £=Initial\_Location to £=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would lose £12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t6:o2:1 # text = They would lose £12 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | They | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Profit would fall from £20 to £8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t6:o3:1 # text = Profit would fall from £20 to £8 1 Profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | would | Profit | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from £=Initial\_Location to £=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Profit would stay at £20 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t6:o4:1 # text = Profit would stay at £20 1 Profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | Profit | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at £=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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