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title: Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £1… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics
description: Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40. What should he trust? Test 5 · ★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

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Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40. What should he trust?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** counter · **What happens:** say, count, get, trust · **To what, where:** coins · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:1
# text = Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40.
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	18.40	18.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	£	£	SYM	$	_	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	17.40	17.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Oscar's counter |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic |
| 2 | **count** | present | counter | the coins |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | present | counter |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |

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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:* What should he trust?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:2
# text = What should he trust?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trust	trust	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 | **trust** | should | counter |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither, money can't be counted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:o1:1
# text = Neither, money can't be counted
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | can · passive |  | money |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Add both and say £35.80

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:o2:1
# text = Add both and say £35.80
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	35.80	35.80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | both |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The counter, because machines are never wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:o3:1
# text = The counter, because machines are never wrong
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | machines | the counter *not said here* |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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His own careful count, because counters can be wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:t5:o4:1
# text = His own careful count, because counters can be wrong
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
7	counters	counter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | His own careful count and counters |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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