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title: Noah's mum asks "you sure?" before he moves £5 from save to spend. W… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah's mum asks "you sure?" before he moves £5 from save to spend. Why does she ask? Test 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

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Noah's mum asks "you sure?" before he moves £5 from save to spend. Why does she ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Noah · **What happens:** ask, move, save, spend

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah's mum asks "you sure?" before he moves £5 from save to spend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:1
# text = Noah's mum asks "you sure?" before he moves £5 from save to spend.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	£	£	SYM	$	_	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Noah's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | present | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | infinitive | Noah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **spend** | to-infinitive | Noah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why does she ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:2
# text = Why does she ask?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The £5 will simply disappear on the way across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:o1:1
# text = The £5 will simply disappear on the way across
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	disappear	disappear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** | future |  |  |  | the way |  | across, simply *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Moving it puts his saving goal further away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:o2:1
# text = Moving it puts his saving goal further away
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	puts	put	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	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	further	further	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | present | Moving | his saving goal |  |  |  | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent goal=Goal |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Spend jars can never hold more than £3 at a time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:o3:1
# text = Spend jars can never hold more than £3 at a time
1	Spend	spend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal |
| 2 | **not** **hold** | can | jars |  |  |  | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Moving money between jars is against the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t2:o4:1
# text = Moving money between jars is against the law
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  | money |  |  |  | between jars | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Moving |  |  |  |  | against the law | tree rules |

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