#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cstdio>
using namespace std;
int ancestor[900];
struct Node{
int x,y,value;
}node[900];
bool cmp(Node n1,Node n2){
return n1.value<n2.value;
}
int Find(int x){
if(ancestor[x]!=x)
ancestor[x] = Find(ancestor[x]);
return ancestor[x];
}
void Union(int x,int y){
int px = Find(x);
int py = Find(y);
Find(2);
ancestor[px] = py;
Find(2);
}
bool IsSame(int x,int y){
return Find(x)==Find(y);
}
int main(){
int i,j,n,cp,value,count,ans,ans_count;
char c,next;
while(scanf("%d",&n)==1&&n){
count = 0;
for(i=0;i<n-1;i++){
cin>>c>>cp;
for(j=0;j<cp;j++){
cin>>next>>value;
if(i<next-'A'){
node[count].x = i;
node[count].y = next-'A';
}
else{
node[count].x = next-'A';
node[count].y = i;
}
node[count].value = value;
count++;
}
}
sort(node,node+count,cmp);
// for(i=0;i<count;i++){
// cout<<i<<" "<<node[i].x<<" "<<node[i].y<<" "<<node[i].value<<endl;
// }
for(i=0;i<n;i++){
ancestor[i] = i;
}
ans = 0;
ans_count = 0;
for(i=0;i<count;i++){
if(!IsSame(node[i].x,node[i].y)){
Union(node[i].x,node[i].y);
ans += node[i].value;
ans_count++;
if(ans_count==n-1){
break;
}
}
}
printf("%d\n",ans);
}
return 0;
}