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title: Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline." If she has £40… — Wants and needs · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline." If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wants and needs

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Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline." If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, we · **What happens:** coat, talk, have, buy · **To what, where:** trampoline, £ trampoline

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» 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/7-wants-and-needs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:1
# text = Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline."
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Coat	coat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coat** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ava's mum |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** *in a quote* | future | we | trampoline |  |  | then |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent trampoline=Patient |

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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:* If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:2
# text = If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	£	£	SYM	$	_	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
20	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient |
| 2 | **buy** | can | mum | the £ trampoline |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trampoline=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, she would be £25 short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:o1:1
# text = No, she would be £25 short
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, with £15 to spare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, with £15 to spare
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only £15 would be left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:o3:1
# text = No, only £15 would be left
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, exactly £40 is enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, exactly £40 is enough
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |

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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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