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title: It is given that five pounds is deducted for every hundred pounds of… — Olympiad: best buys and change at the… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that five pounds is deducted for every hundred pounds of the price of a television of three hundred pounds. Ascertain the saving. Exam question 4 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 4 · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

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It is given that five pounds is deducted for every hundred pounds of the price of a television of three hundred pounds. Ascertain the saving.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, deduct, televise, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, that, hundred pounds, saving

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that five pounds is deducted for every hundred pounds of the price of a television of three hundred pounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:1
# text = It is given that five pounds is deducted for every hundred pounds of the price of a television of three hundred pounds.
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	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	deducted	deduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	compound	_	_
21	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deduct** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  | for hundred pounds of the price of a television of hundred pounds | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **televise** |  |  | hundred pounds |  |  |  |  | nom television «communication transitive»: of=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:* Ascertain the saving.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the saving.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	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 saving |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saving=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Five pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o1:1
# 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 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fifteen pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

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Three pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o3:1
# text = Three pounds
1	Three	three	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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Thirty-five pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o4:1
# text = Thirty-five pounds
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
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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