--- title: A sum of fifty pence is deposited weekly over a period of eight week… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics description: A sum of fifty pence is deposited weekly over a period of eight weeks. Compute the aggregate deposited. Exam question 3 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 each option; Mova' --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal A sum of fifty pence is deposited weekly over a period of eight weeks. Compute the aggregate deposited. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, aggregate · **What happens:** deposit, sum, compute · **To what, where:** sum, period, fifty pence This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sum of fifty pence is deposited weekly over a period of eight weeks. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3:1 # text = A sum of fifty pence is deposited weekly over a period of eight weeks. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 pence pence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 deposited deposit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 weekly weekly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deposit** | present · passive | | a sum of fifty pence | | a period of eight weeks | | weekly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over period=Destination | | 2 | **sum** | | | fifty pence | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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:* Compute the aggregate deposited. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3:2 # text = Compute the aggregate deposited. 1 Compute compute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 deposited deposit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compute** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deposit** | past | the aggregate | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Four pounds fifty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3:o1:1 # text = Four pounds fifty pence 1 Four four 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 _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Four pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3:o2:1 # text = Four pounds 1 Four four 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 3 {#o3} Eight pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3:o3:1 # text = Eight pounds 1 Eight eight 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 {#o4} Two pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e3: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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