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title: Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!" Shoul… — Crypto and the stock market, simply · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!" Should he panic? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 38 «Crypto and the stock market, simply» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Crypto and the stock market, simply

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Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!" Should he panic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Market, my · **What happens:** grumble, fall, go, pension, panic · **To what, where:** pension · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 38 «Crypto and the stock market, simply» 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/38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:1
# text = Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!"
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	pension	pension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | Market |  |  |  | today |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present |  | my pension |  | there |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pension=Theme |
| 4 | **pension** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom pension «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Should he panic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:2
# text = Should he panic?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	panic	panic	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | should | Market |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because pensions are never in shares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:o1:1
# text = No, because pensions are never in shares
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	pensions	pension	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | pensions |  |  | shares |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, his pension is now worth £0 for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, his pension is now worth £0 for ever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	pension	pension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | his pension |  |  |  | now | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pension** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pension «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, markets never recover after a fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, markets never recover after a fall
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	recover	recover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **recover** | present | markets |  |  |  | after a fall |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Over many years markets have usually risen, though not always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:t3:o4:1
# text = Over many years markets have usually risen, though not always
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	risen	rise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present · perfect · passive |  | markets |  |  | year | always, usually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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