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title: Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap… — Saving up for a game · tree and pragmatics
description: Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap." ("Dirt cheap" means very cheap.) What's the trade-off? Test 7 · ★★ 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 and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Saving up for a game

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Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap." ("Dirt cheap" means very cheap.) What's the trade-off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old one, Dirt cheap, trade off · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** dirt

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:1
# text = Ali's mate: "new version next month, so the old one'll be dirt cheap."
1	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
18	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | the old one | dirt |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Dirt cheap" means very cheap.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:2
# text = ("Dirt cheap" means very cheap.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dirt	dirt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's the trade-off?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:3
# text = What's the trade-off?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the trade off |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The new one will cost less than the old one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:o1:1
# text = The new one will cost less than the old one
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | future | the new one | less |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme less=Value |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Wait and pay less, or pay more now and play sooner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:o2:1
# text = Wait and pay less, or pay more now and play sooner
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
12	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | more |  |  | now |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset |
| 4 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waiting always costs more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:o3:1
# text = Waiting always costs more
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
3	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cost** | present | Waiting | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There's no trade-off at all, because the old one is free

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t7:o4:1
# text = There's no trade-off at all, because the old one is free
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
4	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
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	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no trade off at all |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the old one |  |  |  |  | free *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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