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title: Jamie never smashes his piggy bank. His sis says "it's full of air,… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics
description: Jamie never smashes his piggy bank. His sis says "it's full of air, I bet." He's put £1 in every week for 30 weeks, and £2 in one extra week. How much is inside? Test 10 · ★★ 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 a
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

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Jamie never smashes his piggy bank. His sis says "it's full of air, I bet." He's put £1 in every week for 30 weeks, and £2 in one extra week. How much is inside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jamie, sis · **What happens:** not smash, say, be, bet, put · **To what, where:** piggy bank · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jamie never smashes his piggy bank.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:1
# text = Jamie never smashes his piggy bank.
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	smashes	smash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	piggy	piggy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smash** | present | Jamie | Jamie's piggy bank |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Theme |

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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:* His sis says "it's full of air, I bet."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:2
# text = His sis says "it's full of air, I bet."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	bet	bet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jamie's sis |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sis |  |  |  |  | of air; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bet** *in a quote* | present | Jamie's sis *= sis* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* He's put £1 in every week for 30 weeks, and £2 in one extra week.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:3
# text = He's put £1 in every week for 30 weeks, and £2 in one extra week.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
18	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present · passive | Jamie |  |  |  | week |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent £=Goal |

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*Sentence 4:* How much is inside?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:4
# text = How much is inside?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£31

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:o1:1
# text = £31
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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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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£32

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:o2:1
# text = £32
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	32	32	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:o3:1
# text = £60
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t10:o4:1
# text = £30
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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