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title: Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky." Dad: "Three, and you do… — Pocket money and earning it with chores · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky." Dad: "Three, and you do the wheels." ("Mucky" means dirty.) They shake on £3. What did they just do? Test 2 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 q
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# Test 2 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

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Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky." Dad: "Three, and you do the wheels." ("Mucky" means dirty.) They shake on £3. What did they just do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, fiver, you, Mucky, wheels · **What happens:** make, be, do, mean, shake · **To what, where:** it, wheels, dirty

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:1
# text = Josh: "Make it a fiver, it's proper mucky."
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fiver	fiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | Josh | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary fiver=Product |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fiver |  |  |  |  | mucky *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Dad: "Three, and you do the wheels."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:2
# text = Dad: "Three, and you do the wheels."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | the wheels |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Mucky" means dirty.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:3
# text = ("Mucky" means dirty.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mucky	mucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* They shake on £3.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:4
# text = They shake on £3.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shake	shake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | present | wheels *= wheel* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on £=Location |

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*Sentence 5:* What did they just do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:5
# text = What did they just do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | wheels *= wheel* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Argue loudly and never make any deal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:o1:1
# text = Argue loudly and never make any deal
1	Argue	argue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | any deal |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Borrow money from each other to pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:o2:1
# text = Borrow money from each other to pay
1	Borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	1	obl	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | imperative | you *not said here* | money |  | each |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from each=Source |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Negotiate a price before the job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:o3:1
# text = Negotiate a price before the job
1	Negotiate	negotiate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **negotiate** | imperative | you *not said here* | a price |  |  | before the job |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swap the car for a bike to make it fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t2:o4:1
# text = Swap the car for a bike to make it fair
1	Swap	swap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | imperative | you *not said here* | the car |  |  |  | for a bike | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent car=Theme for bike=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | car |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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