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description: It is given that change of fifty pence was due, whereas change of five pounds was tendered in error. Determine the excess sum which ought to be returned. Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Gambling and honesty with change» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Gambling and honesty with change

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It is given that change of fifty pence was due, whereas change of five pounds was tendered in error. Determine the excess sum which ought to be returned.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** change, fifty pence, five pounds, you · **What happens:** give, be, tender, change, determine, return · **To what, where:** It, change, error, excess sum

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Gambling and honesty with change» 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/40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that change of fifty pence was due, whereas change of five pounds was tendered in error.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:1
# text = It is given that change of fifty pence was due, whereas change of five pounds was tendered in error.
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	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	tendered	tender	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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** | past | that change of fifty pence |  |  |  |  | due *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tender** | past · passive |  | change of five pounds |  | error |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **change** |  | fifty pence |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **change** |  | five pounds |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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:* Determine the excess sum which ought to be returned.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:2
# text = Determine the excess sum which ought to be returned.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 excess sum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **return** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | the excess sum |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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£4.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:o1:1
# text = £4.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	4.50	4.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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£4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:o2:1
# text = £4
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	4	4	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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50p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:o3:1
# text = 50p
1	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£5.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:40-gambling-and-honesty-with-change:e1:o4:1
# text = £5.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	5.50	5.50	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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