Test 6 · ★ · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

Gemma: "was £10, now £7, so I save three quid, sorted." Her mum, an old-school Gen X mum, says "don't have a cow, check the was price first." ("Don't have a cow" means calm down.) Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, three quid, mum · What happens: save, sort, say, not have, check, be · To what, where: cow, price · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» of the money 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

Sentence 1: Gemma: "was £10, now £7, so I save three quid, sorted."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gemma	gemma	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 £	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 £	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 £	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 £	cop
5	£	£	SYM	_	14 save	obl
6	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 £	nummod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 £	punct
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 £	advmod
9	£	£	SYM	_	5 £	conj
10	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 £	nummod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 save	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 save	advmod
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 save	nsubj
14	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 quid	nummod
16	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 sorted	nsubj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sorted	punct
18	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 save	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 save	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save in a quote	present	I						tree rules
2	sort in a quote	past	three quid						vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Her mum, an old-school Gen X mum, says "don't have a cow, check the was price first."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 school	punct
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 school	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 school	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 old	punct
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mum	conj
8	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 school	appos
9	X	x	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 mum	nmod:poss
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Gen	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mum	punct
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 have	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 have	advmod
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 says	ccomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cow	det
18	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 check	punct
20	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 have	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 price	det
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 price	cop
23	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 check	obj
24	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 check	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Her mum and a old school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have in a quote	infinitive · do-support		a cow		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient
3	check in a quote	infinitive			first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is a in a quote	past		the price		tree rules

Sentence 3: ("Don't have a cow" means calm down.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cow	det
7	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	ccomp
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 calm	compound:prt
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	not have in a quote	infinitive · do-support	a cow	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	calm down	infinitive		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The "was" price might only have been charged for a few days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 price	det
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 was	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 price	cop
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 was	punct
5	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charged	nsubj:pass
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 charged	aux
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 charged	advmod
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 charged	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 charged	aux:pass
10	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 days	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 days	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 days	amod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the price					tree rules
2	charge	might · perfect · passive		the price			day		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

£10 minus £7 is not £3

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	3 minus	nsubj
2	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod
3	minus	minu	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	£	£	SYM	_	3 minus	obj
5	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 £	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 £	advmod
8	£	£	SYM	_	3 minus	obl
9	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 £	nummod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	minu	present							tree rules

Option 3

Shops are never allowed to cut prices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cut	mark
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Shops					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	cut not said to happen	to-infinitive	Shops not said here	prices					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset price=Product

Option 4

The "now" price is always fake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 price	det
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 price	advmod
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
5	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fake	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fake	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 fake	advmod
8	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the price					always, fake property	tree rules

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