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title: ★★★ Dad looks at "2 for £5" on cereal that is £2.30 a box and says,… — Olympiad: best buys and change at the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Dad looks at "2 for £5" on cereal that is £2.30 a box and says, "Hmm, not ideal." What does he really mean? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 of the question and of each
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

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★★★ Dad looks at "2 for £5" on cereal that is £2.30 a box and says, "Hmm, not ideal." What does he really mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** look, say, mean · **To what, where:** 2 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Dad looks at "2 for £5" on cereal that is £2.30 a box and says, "Hmm, not ideal."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:1
# text = ★★★ Dad looks at "2 for £5" on cereal that is £2.30 a box and says, "Hmm, not ideal."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	cereal	cereal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	£	£	SYM	$	_	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	2.30	2.30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:unmarked	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Hmm	hmm	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	ideal	ideal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | ★ |  |  | 2 |  | on cereal | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at 2=Location for £=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* What does he really mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:2
# text = What does he really mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The deal costs 70p more than singles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:o1:1
# text = The deal costs 70p more than singles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	singles	single	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the deal | 70 p |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme p=Beneficiary more=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The deal costs exactly the same as singles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:o2:1
# text = The deal costs exactly the same as singles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	singles	single	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the deal |  |  |  |  | as singles; same *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The deal costs 40p more than two single boxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:o3:1
# text = The deal costs 40p more than two single boxes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the deal | 40 p |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme p=Beneficiary box=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The deal is just a bit cheaper, by 40p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t5:o4:1
# text = The deal is just a bit cheaper, by 40p
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the deal |  |  |  |  | by 40 p; a bit *obl:unmarked*; cheap *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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