Test 11 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, 1 · What happens: buy, get

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 buy	parataxis
4	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 free	nummod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 crisps	case
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 crisps	det
8	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 free	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bag	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 bag	cc
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 bag	nsubj
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 bag	advmod
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 bag	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 bag	nummod
15	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 buy	obl
16	tbh	tbh	ADV	_	1 buy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here					like one bag; tbh property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	1					free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1

Always buy it, free is free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 buy	advmod
2	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 free	compound
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buy	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 free	punct
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 buy	parataxis
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 free	cop
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	infinitive		it				always property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present						free property	tree rules

Option 2

Buy four to get more free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Buy	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Buy	advcl
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 free	amod
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	four					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here					free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It's cheaper to buy none

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cheaper	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 buy	mark
5	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cheaper	xcomp
6	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					cheap property	tree rules
2	buy	to-infinitive		none					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's only a bargain if you'd use both

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bargain	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bargain	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 bargain	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bargain	det
5	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 use	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 use	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 use	aux
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bargain	advcl
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	use a condition, not said to happen	would	you	both					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient

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