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Exam question 1 · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★

It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price. Ascertain the final price.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: one half, you · What happens: give, reduce, ascertain · To what, where: It, coat, final price

This is exam question 1 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★» of the money 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a coat of forty pounds is reduced by one half and thereafter by one quarter of the reduced price.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 reduced	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coat	det
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reduced	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pounds	case
8	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pounds	nummod
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 coat	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reduced	aux:pass
11	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 half	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 half	nummod
14	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	11 reduced	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 quarter	cc
16	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	19 quarter	advmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 quarter	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 quarter	nummod
19	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 half	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 price	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 price	det
22	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 price	amod
23	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 quarter	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	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	reduce	present · passive	one half and one quarter of the reduced price	a coat of forty pounds					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient
3	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

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 final price.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 price	det
3	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 price	amod
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the final price					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic

The options

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

Fifteen pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pounds	nummod
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

Ten pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pounds	nummod
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3

Five pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pounds	nummod
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4

Twenty-five pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 five	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pounds	nummod
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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