//本题为北京大学上机题,所以全英文是他最大的难点....
//实际上的话翻译过来本题 就是一个简单的求最小生成树的问题
#include <iostream>
#include<cstring>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
#include<cmath>
#include<algorithm>
const int maxn = 110;
using namespace std;
int father[maxn];
int height[maxn];
struct Edge {
int from;
int to;
int length;
bool operator<(const Edge& e) {
return length < e.length;
}
};
Edge edge[maxn * maxn];
void init(int n) {
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
father[i] = i;
height[i] = 0;
}
}
int find(int x) {
if (x != father[x]) {
father[x] = find(father[x]);
}
return father[x];
}
void Union(int x, int y) {
x = find(x);
y = find(y);
if (x != y) {
if (height[x] < height[y]) {
father[x] = y;
} else if (height[x] > height[y]) {
father[y] = x;
} else {
father[y] = x;
height[x] += 1;
}
}
}
int kruskal(int n, int edgeNumber) {
init(n);
sort(edge, edge + edgeNumber);
int sum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < edgeNumber; i++) {
Edge current = edge[i];
if (find(current.from) != find(
current.to)) { //将这条边联通不会产生回环
Union(current.from, current.to);
sum += current.length;
}
}
return sum;
}
int main() {
int n;
while (cin >> n) {
if(n==0) break;
char from,to;
int f,t,num,weight;
int edgeNums=0;
for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
cin>>from>>num;
f=from-'A';
while(num--){
cin>>to>>weight;
t=to-'A';
edge[edgeNums].from=f;
edge[edgeNums].to=t;
edge[edgeNums].length=weight;
edgeNums++;
}
}
cout<<kruskal(n,edgeNums)<<endl;
}
}