--- title: It is given that four pounds is saved weekly toward a sum of thirty… — Olympiad: saving plans and offers too… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that four pounds is saved weekly toward a sum of thirty pounds. Determine the least number of whole weeks required. Exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: saving plans and offers too good to be true ★★★» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Olympiad: saving plans and offers too…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: saving plans and offers too good to be true ★★★ It is given that four pounds is saved weekly toward a sum of thirty pounds. Determine the least number of whole weeks required. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, save, sum, determine, require · **To what, where:** It, four pounds, thirty pounds, least number, whole weeks This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: saving plans and offers too good to be true ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that four pounds is saved weekly toward a sum of thirty pounds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:1 # text = It is given that four pounds is saved weekly toward a sum of thirty 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 SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 weekly weekly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 toward toward ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **save** | present · passive | | four pounds | | | | toward a sum of thirty pounds; weekly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **sum** | | | thirty pounds | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the least number of whole weeks required. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:2 # text = Determine the least number of whole weeks required. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the least number of whole weeks | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **require** | participle | | whole weeks *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Seven and a half ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:o1:1 # text = Seven and a half 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:o2:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:o3:1 # text = Eight 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:42-olympiad-saving-plans-and-offers-too-good-to-be-true:e2:o4:1 # text = Nine 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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