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description: It is given that a gratuity of ten per cent, that is one pound in every ten, is to be added to a bill of £40. Determine the total sum payable. Exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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It is given that a gratuity of ten per cent, that is one pound in every ten, is to be added to a bill of £40. Determine the total sum payable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, you · **What happens:** give, be, add, determine · **To what, where:** It, one pound, ten, gratuity, total sum payable

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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/39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a gratuity of ten per cent, that is one pound in every ten, is to be added to a bill of £40.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:1
# text = It is given that a gratuity of ten per cent, that is one pound in every ten, is to be added to a bill of £40.
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	_	23	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gratuity	gratuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	£	£	SYM	$	_	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is a** | present | that | one pound |  | every ten |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | a gratuity of ten per cent |  |  |  | to a bill | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to bill=Co-Patient |

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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:* Determine the total sum payable.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:2
# text = Determine the total sum payable.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	payable	payable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the total sum payable |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£36

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:o1:1
# text = £36
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	36	36	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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£44

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:o2:1
# text = £44
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	44	44	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:o3:1
# text = £50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e1:o4:1
# text = £40
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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