--- title: The council has £7,500 for potholes this year. Each fix costs £75. A… — Taxes and the government's budget · tree and pragmatics description: The council has £7,500 for potholes this year. Each fix costs £75. A Gen Z neighbour says, "So like, how many is that, it's giving not enough." ("It's giving" means it looks like.) How many can be fixed? 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How many can be fixed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** council, fix, Z neighbour, that, neighbour, giving · **What happens:** have, cost, say, be, give, mean · **To what, where:** many · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 36 «Taxes and the government's budget» 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/36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The council has £7,500 for potholes this year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:1 # text = The council has £7,500 for potholes this year. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 7,500 7,500 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 potholes pothole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the council | | | | year | for potholes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient | 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:* Each fix costs £75. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:2 # text = Each fix costs £75. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 75 75 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | present | each fix | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value | *Sentence 3:* A Gen Z neighbour says, "So like, how many is that, it's giving not enough." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:3 # text = A Gen Z neighbour says, "So like, how many is that, it's giving not enough." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Gen gen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Z z NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 neighbour neighbour 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 `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 So so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 like like INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 enough enough ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Z neighbour | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | neighbour | | | | | enough *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | *Sentence 4:* ("It's giving" means it looks like.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:4 # text = ("It's giving" means it looks like.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | fix | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | giving | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** | present | fix | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | *Sentence 5:* How many can be fixed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:5 # text = How many can be fixed? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | can · passive | | many | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 75 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:o1:1 # text = 75 1 75 75 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:o2:1 # text = 10 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 100 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:o3:1 # text = 100 1 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 1,000 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:36-taxes-and-the-governments-budget:t11:o4:1 # text = 1,000 1 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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