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Test 6 · ★ · Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust ea…

Charlie: «is money even real any more?» His dad pays by phone. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be, pay · To what, where: Charlie money

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» of the history 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: Charlie: «is money even real any more?»

compoundpunctpunctcopnsubjadvmodadvmodadvmodpunctpunctrootCharliePROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTisAUXmoneyNOUNevenADVrealADJanyADVmoreADV?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CharlieCharliePROPNNumber=Sing5 moneycompound
2::PUNCT_1 Charliepunct
3««PUNCT_1 Charliepunct
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 moneycop
5moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing7 realnsubj
6evenevenADV_7 realadvmod
7realrealADJDegree=Posrootroot
8anyanyADV_9 moreadvmod
9moremoreADVDegree=Cmp7 realadvmod
10??PUNCT_7 realpunct
11»»PUNCT_7 realpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentCharlie moneytree rules

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: His dad pays by phone.

nmod:possnsubjcaseoblpunctrootHisPRONdadNOUNpaysVERBbyADPphoneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 paysnsubj
3payspayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4bybyADP_5 phonecase
5phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing3 paysobl
6..PUNCT_3 payspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paypresentmoney's dadby phonevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Money keeps changing shape, but it always ran on trust

nsubjxcompobjpunctccnsubjadvmodparataxiscaseoblrootMoneyNOUNkeepsVERBchangingVERBshapeNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJitPRONalwaysADVranVERBonADPtrustNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MoneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing2 keepsnsubj
2keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3changingchangeVERBVerbForm=Ger2 keepsxcomp
4shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing3 changingobj
5,,PUNCT_9 ranpunct
6butbutCCONJ_9 rancc
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 rannsubj
8alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 ranadvmod
9ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 keepsparataxis
10ononADP_11 trustcase
11trusttrustNOUNNumber=Sing9 ranobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentMoneytree rules
2changegerundMoney not said hereshapevn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
3runpastMoneytrustalways propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trust=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Phones make new money from nothing every time you pay

nsubjamodobjcaseobldetobl:unmarkednsubjacl:relclrootPhonesNOUNmakeVERBnewADJmoneyNOUNfromADPnothingPRONeveryDETtimeNOUNyouPRONpayVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PhonesphoneNOUNNumber=Plur2 makensubj
2makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3newnewADJDegree=Pos4 moneyamod
4moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing2 makeobj
5fromfromADP_6 nothingcase
6nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 makeobl
7everyeveryDETPronType=Tot8 timedet
8timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 makeobl:unmarked
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 paynsubj
10paypayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 timeacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentPhonesnew moneynothingtimevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset money=Product from nothing=Material
2paypresentyouevery time not said herevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Asset

Option 3

Only metal coins are real money; the rest is pretend

advmodcompoundnsubjcopamodpunctdetnsubjcopparataxisrootOnlyADVmetalNOUNcoinsNOUNareAUXrealADJmoneyNOUN;PUNCTtheDETrestNOUNisAUXpretendADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 coinsadvmod
2metalmetalNOUNNumber=Sing3 coinscompound
3coinscoinNOUNNumber=Plur6 moneynsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 moneycop
5realrealADJDegree=Pos6 moneyamod
6moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7;;PUNCT_11 pretendpunct
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 restdet
9restrestNOUNNumber=Sing11 pretendnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 pretendcop
11pretendpretendADJDegree=Pos6 moneyparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentmetal coinsreal moneytree rules
2ispresentthe restpretend propertytree rules

Option 4

Money disappeared in 2000 and only numbers are left

nsubj:passaclcaseoblccadvmodconjaux:passrootMoneyNOUNdisappearedVERBinADP2000NUMandCCONJonlyADVnumbersNOUNareAUXleftVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MoneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing9 leftnsubj:pass
2disappeareddisappearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Moneyacl
3ininADP_4 2000case
420002000NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 disappearedobl
5andandCCONJ_7 numberscc
6onlyonlyADV_7 numbersadvmod
7numbersnumberNOUNNumber=Plur4 2000conj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 leftaux:pass
9leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1disappearparticipleMoney not said here2000 and numbersvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2leavepresent · passiveMoneyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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