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title: The shop assistant: "Up to £15, then half off, £7.50. Bargain, mate.… — Sounds right, but is wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: The shop assistant: "Up to £15, then half off, £7.50. Bargain, mate." What if the £10 toy went down by half first, then up by half? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong

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The shop assistant: "Up to £15, then half off, £7.50. Bargain, mate." What if the £10 toy went down by half first, then up by half?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** £ toy · **What happens:** go down

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world 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/world/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The shop assistant: "Up to £15, then half off, £7.50.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:1
# text = The shop assistant: "Up to £15, then half off, £7.50.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	assistant	assistant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	13	advmod	_	_
13	off	off	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	£	£	SYM	$	_	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	7.50	7.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Bargain, mate."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:2
# text = Bargain, mate."
1	Bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What if the £10 toy went down by half first, then up by half?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:3
# text = What if the £10 toy went down by half first, then up by half?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	obl	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | the £ toy |  |  |  |  | by half; by half; down, first *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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£7.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:o1:1
# text = £7.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	7.50	7.50	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 {#o2}

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£15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:o2:1
# text = £15
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	15	15	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:o3:1
# text = £5
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	5	5	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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£10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t6:o4:1
# text = £10
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	10	10	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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