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description: Grandad says, "In some countries folk needed wheelbarrows of money for a loaf." What is this called, and where was it reported? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Inflation explained with a chocolate bar

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Grandad says, "In some countries folk needed wheelbarrows of money for a loaf." What is this called, and where was it reported?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, folk · **What happens:** say, need, call, report · **To what, where:** wheelbarrows, countries, this, folk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» 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/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says, "In some countries folk needed wheelbarrows of money for a loaf."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:1
# text = Grandad says, "In some countries folk needed wheelbarrows of money for a loaf."
1	Grandad	Grandad	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
8	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
10	wheelbarrows	wheelbarrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | past | folk | wheelbarrows of money |  | some countries |  | for a loaf | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wheelbarrow=Theme |

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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:* What is this called, and where was it reported?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:2
# text = What is this called, and where was it reported?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Result |
| 2 | **report** | past · passive |  | folk |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Deflation, reported only in Britain last year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:o1:1
# text = Deflation, reported only in Britain last year
1	Deflation	deflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past | Deflation |  |  | Britain | year |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hyperinflation, reported in Germany long ago and Zimbabwe more recently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:o2:1
# text = Hyperinflation, reported in Germany long ago and Zimbabwe more recently
1	Hyperinflation	hyperinflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | participle · passive |  | Hyperinflation |  | Germany |  | ago, recently *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Low inflation, reported in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:o3:1
# text = Low inflation, reported in every country
1	Low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	inflation	inflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | participle |  | Low inflation *not said here* |  | every country |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Interest, reported only in banks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t11:o4:1
# text = Interest, reported only in banks
1	Interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past | Interest | banks |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient |

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