--- title: It is given that an article formerly priced at fifty pence is now pr… — Inflation explained with a chocolate bar · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an article formerly priced at fifty pence is now priced at fifty-five pence. Determine what fraction of the former price the increase represents. 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Determine what fraction of the former price the increase represents. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, increase · **What happens:** give, price, determine, represent · **To what, where:** It, article, fifty pence, five pence, fraction, former price This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an article formerly priced at fifty pence is now priced at fifty-five pence. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:1 # text = It is given that an article formerly priced at fifty pence is now priced at fifty-five pence. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 priced price VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 pence pence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 priced price VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **price** | participle | | a article *not said here* | | fifty pence | | formerly *property* | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at pence=Value | | 3 | **price** | present · passive | | a article | | five pence | now | | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pence=Value | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine what fraction of the former price the increase represents. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:2 # text = Determine what fraction of the former price the increase represents. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 fraction fraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 represents represent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | what fraction of the former price | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraction=Topic | | 2 | **represent** | present | the increase | the former price *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot price=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} One half ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:o1:1 # text = One half 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One fifty-fifth ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:o2:1 # text = One fifty-fifth 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fifth fifth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One tenth ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:o3:1 # text = One tenth 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 tenth tenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One fifth ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:e1:o4:1 # text = One fifth 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 fifth fifth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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