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title: Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched… — Lending, sharing, charity and tipping · tree and pragmatics
description: Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game. They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12. How much does the mate cover? Test 8 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 8 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game. They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12. How much does the mate cover?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you, They, much · **What happens:** say, owe, scratch, settle, pay, do · **To what, where:** new one, mate, mate cover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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/39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:1
# text = Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game.
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	owe	owe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
20	£	£	SYM	$	_	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
22	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Charlie's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **owe** *in a quote* | present | you | a new one | Charlie's mate *= mate* |  |  | for the scratched £ game | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal one=Theme |
| 3 | **scratch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:2
# text = They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	settle	settle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | present | They |  |  |  |  | on Charlie | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on charlie=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

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*Sentence 3:* How much does the mate cover?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:3
# text = How much does the mate cover?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | much | the mate cover |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:o1:1
# text = £10
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	10	10	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 {#o2}

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£20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:o2:1
# text = £20
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	20	20	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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£12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:o3:1
# text = £12
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	12	12	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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£8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t8:o4:1
# text = £8
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	8	8	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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