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title: ★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10… — Olympiad: best buys and change at the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60. Sound?" Is the change right? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

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★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60. Sound?" Is the change right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queue, ★ ★ Jade, she · **What happens:** be, take, pay, give · **To what, where:** mile, me, change

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:1
# text = ★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
19	£	£	SYM	$	_	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	£	£	SYM	$	_	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	7.40	7.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
29	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	iobj	_	_
30	£	£	SYM	$	_	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	2.60	2.60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that queue | a mile |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ Jade |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | participle | ★ ★ Jade *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | past | she |  | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient £=Theme |

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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:* Sound?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:2
# text = Sound?"
1	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Is the change right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:3
# text = Is the change right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the change |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, it should be £3.40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it should be £3.40
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	3.40	3.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | should | it | £ 3.40 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, £2.60 is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, £2.60 is right
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2.60	2.60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be £2.40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o3:1
# text = No, it should be £2.40
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	2.40	2.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | should | it | £ 2.40 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be £3.60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o4:1
# text = No, it should be £3.60
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	3.60	3.60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
```

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

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