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description: Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night. What would help next week? Test 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

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Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night. What would help next week?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, money · **What happens:** wail, go, help · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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/6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:1
# text = Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wails	wail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?!	?!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wail** | present | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | would | my money |  |  |  | night |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 would help next week?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:2
# text = What would help next week?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  | week |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Asking Mum for double money so it lasts the whole week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:o1:1
# text = Asking Mum for double money so it lasts the whole week
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | Mum |  |  | for double money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |
| 2 | **last** | present | money |  |  |  | week |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Spending it all even faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:o2:1
# text = Spending it all even faster
1	Spending	spend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hiding the sweets from herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:o3:1
# text = Hiding the sweets from herself
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | the sweets |  |  |  | from herself *= she* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient from herself=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A budget: plan to keep some for later in the week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t1:o4:1
# text = A budget: plan to keep some for later in the week
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	budget	budget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	plan	plan	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | some |  |  | week |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |

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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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