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title: Cian yells "ya wee rat!" ("wee" means little) after his brother spen… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics
description: Cian yells "ya wee rat!" ("wee" means little) after his brother spends £4 of his £12. What's the lesson for next time? Test 1 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

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Cian yells "ya wee rat!" ("wee" means little) after his brother spends £4 of his £12. What's the lesson for next time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cian, wee, brother, lesson · **What happens:** yell, mean, spend, be · **To what, where:** ya wee rat, little

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» 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/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cian yells "ya wee rat!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:1
# text = Cian yells "ya wee rat!"
1	Cian	Cian	PROPN	NNP	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ya	ya	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
5	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Cian | ya wee rat |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Topic |

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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:* ("wee" means little) after his brother spends £4 of his £12.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:2
# text = ("wee" means little) after his brother spends £4 of his £12.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	£	£	SYM	$	_	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	£	£	SYM	$	_	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | wee | little |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Topic |
| 2 | **spend** | present | wee's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson for next time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:3
# text = What's the lesson for next time?
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	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 lesson for next time |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Hide money in a different sock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:o1:1
# text = Hide money in a different sock
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sock	sock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | money |  | a different sock |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Patient in sock=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never save at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:o2:1
# text = Never save at all
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **save** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at all=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spend everything before anyone else can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:o3:1
# text = Spend everything before anyone else can
1	Spend	spend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
5	else	else	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | imperative | you *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Keep savings somewhere safe, like a locked box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t1:o4:1
# text = Keep savings somewhere safe, like a locked box
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
3	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | savings |  |  |  | safe, somewhere *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent savings=Theme |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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