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description: It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price. Ascertain the final price. Exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

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It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price. Ascertain the final price.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** one half, you · **What happens:** give, reduce, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, coat, final price

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:1
# text = It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price.
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	_	11	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 | **reduce** | present · passive | one half and one quarter of the reduced price | a coat of forty pounds |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient |
| 3 | **reduce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

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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:* Ascertain the final price.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:2
# text = Ascertain the final price.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Fifteen pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:o1:1
# text = Fifteen pounds
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ten pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:o2:1
# text = Ten pounds
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Five pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:o3:1
# text = Five pounds
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twenty-five pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e1:o4:1
# text = Twenty-five pounds
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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