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title: It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound sav… — Saving up for a game · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound saved, and that ten pounds is saved. Ascertain the aggregate sum thereupon held. Exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Saving up for a game

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It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound saved, and that ten pounds is saved. Ascertain the aggregate sum thereupon held.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parent, that, you, aggregate sum · **What happens:** give, contribute, save, pound, ascertain, hold · **To what, where:** It, fifty pence, pound, aggregate sum

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound saved, and that ten pounds is saved.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:1
# text = It is given that a parent contributes fifty pence for each pound saved, and that ten pounds is saved.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	contributes	contribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
17	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | **contribute** | present | a parent | fifty pence |  |  |  | for each pound | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pence=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | participle |  | each pound *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pound** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **save** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |

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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:* Ascertain the aggregate sum thereupon held.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the aggregate sum thereupon held.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate sum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | past | the aggregate sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thereupon *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twelve pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:o1:1
# text = Twelve pounds
1	Twelve	twelve	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fifteen pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:o2:1
# text = Fifteen pounds
1	Fifteen	fifteen	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 3 {#o3}

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Ten pounds fifty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:o3:1
# text = Ten pounds fifty pence
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	fifty	fifty	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 4 {#o4}

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Twenty pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e3:o4:1
# text = Twenty pounds
1	Twenty	twenty	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.

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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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