--- title: It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among thr… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles. Determine the sum assigned to each. Exam question 2 of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [The piggy bank and a jar for each goal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles. Determine the sum assigned to each. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, allocate, determine, assign · **To what, where:** It, that, equal portions, sum, each This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» 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/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:1 # text = It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles. 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 PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 allocated allocate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 receptacles receptacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **allocate** | present · passive | | that | | equal portions | | among three receptacles | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the sum assigned to each. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:2 # text = Determine the sum assigned to each. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic | | 2 | **assign** | participle | | the sum *not said here* | | | | to each *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to each=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Six pounds exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:o1:1 # text = Six pounds exactly 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One pound fifty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:o2:1 # text = One pound fifty pence 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ 4 pence pence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:o3:1 # text = Three pounds 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Two pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e2:o4:1 # text = Two pounds 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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