--- title: A family has a little money left this month. Which should they buy f… — People and society — communities, work… · tree and pragmatics description: A family has a little money left this month. Which should they buy first? 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Which should they buy first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** have, leave, buy · **To what, where:** little money This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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/58-people-and-society/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A family has a little money left this month. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:1 # text = A family has a little money left this month. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a family | a little money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | a little money *not said here* | | | month | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Which should they buy first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:2 # text = Which should they buy first? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | should | | | | | | first *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A fancy hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:o1:1 # text = A fancy hat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A new television ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:o2:1 # text = A new television 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A holiday souvenir ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:o3:1 # text = A holiday souvenir 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 souvenir souvenir NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Food for the week ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t2:o4:1 # text = Food for the week 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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