--- title: It is given that a bat and a ball together cost one pound and ten pe… — Sounds right, but is wrong · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a bat and a ball together cost one pound and ten pence and that the bat costs one pound more than the ball. Ascertain the price of the ball. 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Ascertain the price of the ball. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bat, you · **What happens:** give, cost, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, one pound, more, price This is exam question 1 of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/world/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a bat and a ball together cost one pound and ten pence and that the bat costs one pound more than the ball. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:1 # text = It is given that a bat and a ball together cost one pound and ten pence and that the bat costs one pound more than the ball. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 obj _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **cost** | past | a bat and a ball | one pound and ten pence | | | | together *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme pound=Value | | 3 | **cost** | present | the bat | more | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | 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:* Ascertain the price of the ball. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:2 # text = Ascertain the price of the ball. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the price of the ball | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Five pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:o1:1 # text = Five pence 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Fifty-five pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:o2:1 # text = Fifty-five pence 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One pound ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:o3:1 # text = One pound 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:e1:o4:1 # text = Ten pence 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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