--- title: A Gen Alpha kid says, "My fiver's lowkey mid now, it buys less." ("M… — Inflation explained with a chocolate bar · tree and pragmatics description: A Gen Alpha kid says, "My fiver's lowkey mid now, it buys less." ("Mid" means not great.) Sweets went from 50p to 55p. How many fewer does £5 buy? 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How many fewer does £5 buy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alpha kid, lowkey, Mid, Sweets, many · **What happens:** say, buy, mean, go, do · **To what, where:** 50 p, 5 buy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Gen Alpha kid says, "My fiver's lowkey mid now, it buys less." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:1 # text = A Gen Alpha kid says, "My fiver's lowkey mid now, it buys less." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fiver fiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 mid mid X AFX _ 11 parataxis _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 buys buy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Alpha kid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **buy** *in a quote* | present | My fiver's lowkey | | | | | less *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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:* ("Mid" means not great.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:2 # text = ("Mid" means not great.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Mid Mid 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 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Mid | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Sweets went from 50p to 55p. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:3 # text = Sweets went from 50p to 55p. 1 Sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 55 55 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Sweets | | | 50 p | | to 55 p | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from p=Initial\_Location to p=Destination | *Sentence 4:* How many fewer does £5 buy? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:4 # text = How many fewer does £5 buy? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 buy buy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | many | 5 buy | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buy=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 2 fewer: 8 instead of 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:o1:1 # text = 2 fewer: 8 instead of 10 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 5 fewer: 5 instead of 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:o2:1 # text = 5 fewer: 5 instead of 10 1 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None fewer: still 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:o3:1 # text = None fewer: still 10 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 1 fewer: 9 instead of 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar:t6:o4:1 # text = 1 fewer: 9 instead of 10 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` 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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