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description: Mila says "I need a new case" but the old one isn't broken, "it's just ugly." What should she call it? Test 9 · ★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Wants and needs

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Mila says "I need a new case" but the old one isn't broken, "it's just ugly." What should she call it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mila, case · **What happens:** say, need, not break, be, call · **To what, where:** new case, old one, case · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mila says "I need a new case" but the old one isn't broken, "it's just ugly."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:1
# text = Mila says "I need a new case" but the old one isn't broken, "it's just ugly."
1	Mila	Mila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	just	just	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mila |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | Mila | a new case |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot case=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **break** | present · passive |  | the old one |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | case |  |  |  |  | ugly *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:* What should she call it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:2
# text = What should she call it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | should | Mila | case |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme it=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:o1:1
# text = A need
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A basic need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:o2:1
# text = A basic need
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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A want

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:o3:1
# text = A want
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:t9:o4:1
# text = An emergency
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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