#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <climits>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <list>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
using namespace std;
int father[22222];
int getfather(int x)
{
if(x!=father[x]) father[x]=getfather(father[x]);
return father[x];
}
struct Node
{
int a;int b;int val;
}node[111111];
int cmp(const Node &a,const Node &b)
{
return a.val<b.val;
}
int main()
{
int n,m;
while(cin>>n,n){
int ans=0;
int sum=0;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++) father[i]=i;
for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){
char c;cin>>c;int a=c-'A';
cin>>m;
for(int j=0;j<m;j++){
int val;
char d;cin>>d>>val;int b;;
b=d-'A';
node[ans].a=a;node[ans].b=b;node[ans].val=val;ans++; //cout<<a<<" "<<b<<endl;
}
}
sort(node,node+ans,cmp);
// cout<<endl;
// for(int i=0;i<ans;i++)
// printf("%d %d %d\n",node[i].a,node[i].b,node[i].val);system("pause");
for(int i=0;i<ans;i++){
int fa=getfather(node[i].a);int fb=getfather(node[i].b);
if(fa!=fb){
sum+=node[i].val;father[fa]=fb;
}
}
cout<<sum<<endl;
}
return 0;
}