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Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/t1/) [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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Prices, money and jobs: why everything…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more Aisha: "Who stole my 15p? Sweets were 50p, now 65p!" What is the best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aisha, Sweets, best answer · **What happens:** steal, be · **To what, where:** 15 p, 50 p This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisha: "Who stole my 15p? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:1 # text = Aisha: "Who stole my 15p? 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** *in a quote* | past | Aisha | my 15 p | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location p=Theme | 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:* Sweets were 50p, now 65p!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:2 # text = Sweets were 50p, now 65p!" 1 Sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 65 65 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Sweets | 50 p and 65 p | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is the best answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:3 # text = What is the best answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The sweets got bigger, so they cost more now ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:o1:1 # text = The sweets got bigger, so they cost more now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cost cost VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 obj _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the sweets | | | | | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **cost** | present | sweets *= sweet* | more | | | now | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | ### Option 2 {#o2} The shop owner secretly kept 15p of her change for himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:o2:1 # text = The shop owner secretly kept 15p of her change for himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the shop owner | 15 p of owner's change | | | | for himself *= he*; secretly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent p=Theme | | 2 | **change** | | owner | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nobody; prices rose, so the same coin buys less ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:o3:1 # text = Nobody; prices rose, so the same coin buys less 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 buys buy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | Nobody | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **buy** | present | the same coin | | | | | less *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Coins slowly lose their metal and their value ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t1:o4:1 # text = Coins slowly lose their metal and their value 1 Coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | Coins | Coins's metal and Coins's value | | | | slowly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Eventuality | | 2 | **value** | | Coins *= coin* | | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | **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; 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