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title: ★★★ Megan from Cardiff: "Shopping was £6.35, I paid with £20 and she… — Olympiad: best buys and change at the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Megan from Cardiff: "Shopping was £6.35, I paid with £20 and she gave me £14.65, lush!" What really happened? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 ea
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

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★★★ Megan from Cardiff: "Shopping was £6.35, I paid with £20 and she gave me £14.65, lush!" What really happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Cardiff · **What happens:** pay, give, happen · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Megan from Cardiff: "Shopping was £6.35, I paid with £20 and she gave me £14.65, lush!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Megan from Cardiff: "Shopping was £6.35, I paid with £20 and she gave me £14.65, lush!"
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Megan	Megan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	6.35	6.35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	£	£	SYM	$	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	iobj	_	_
23	£	£	SYM	$	_	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	14.65	14.65	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | past | Cardiff |  | 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:* What really happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:2
# text = What really happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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She got £1 too much and should give it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o1:1
# text = She got £1 too much and should give it back
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | much |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent £=Beneficiary much=Theme |
| 2 | **give back** | should | She *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She got exactly the right change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o2:1
# text = She got exactly the right change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | the right change |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She got 35p too much and can keep the rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o3:1
# text = She got 35p too much and can keep the rest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | 35 p |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent p=Beneficiary much=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | can | She *not said here* | the rest |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She got £1 too little and should ask for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:41-olympiad-best-buys-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o4:1
# text = She got £1 too little and should ask for it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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