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title: It is given that bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten… — Wants and needs · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten pence, one pound twenty pence and one pound seventy pence respectively. Determine the aggregate cost. Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Wants and needs

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It is given that bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten pence, one pound twenty pence and one pound seventy pence respectively. Determine the aggregate cost.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, price, determine · **To what, where:** It, bread, one pound, aggregate cost

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» 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/7-wants-and-needs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten pence, one pound twenty pence and one pound seventy pence respectively.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:1
# text = It is given that bread, milk and apples are priced at one pound ten pence, one pound twenty pence and one pound seventy pence respectively.
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	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
20	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	flat	_	_
21	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
25	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	flat	_	_
26	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
27	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **price** | present · passive |  | that bread and milk and apples |  | one pound |  | ten pence and pound pence and pound pence *obl:unmarked* | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pound=Value |

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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:* Determine the aggregate cost.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:2
# text = Determine the aggregate cost.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate cost |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Three pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:o1:1
# text = Three pounds
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Four pounds ten pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:o2:1
# text = Four pounds ten pence
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Four pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:o3:1
# text = Four pounds
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three pounds ninety pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e2:o4:1
# text = Three pounds ninety pence
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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