Test 1 · What money is and why people accept it

Your mate's like "paper money's literally worth nothing lol, it's just paper". What's the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, money, best answer · What happens: be · To what, where: nothing, paper

This is test 1 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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: Your mate's like "paper money's literally worth nothing lol, it's just paper".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nothing	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 nothing	cop
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 nothing	mark
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 nothing	punct
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	compound
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nothing	nsubj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 money	case
9	literally	literally	ADV	_	10 worth	advmod
10	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nothing	amod
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	17 paper	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 paper	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 paper	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 paper	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 paper	advmod
17	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 nothing	parataxis
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 paper	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 nothing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Your mate	nothing					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	money	paper					tree 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: What's the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

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

The paper is cheap, but everyone trusts it, so it buys real things

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paper	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheap	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheap	cop
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 trusts	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 trusts	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 trusts	nsubj
8	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheap	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trusts	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 buys	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 buys	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 buys	nsubj
13	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheap	parataxis
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 things	amod
15	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 buys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the paper		cheap property	tree rules
2	trust	present	everyone	paper		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	buy	present	paper	real things		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 2

He's right, but only since phones were invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 invented	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 invented	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 phones	advmod
7	since	since	ADP	_	8 phones	case
8	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 invented	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 invented	aux:pass
10	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	invent	past · passive		phones					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

He's wrong, because notes have gold threads worth a fiver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 have	mark
6	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	conj
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threads	compound
9	threads	thread	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 worth	nsubj
10	worth	worth	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fiver	det
12	fiver	fiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		wrong property	tree rules
2	have	present	notes			tree rules
3	worth	present	gold threads	a fiver		tree rules

Option 4

He's right, which is why shops only take coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 why	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 why	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 why	cop
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 right	parataxis
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 take	advmod
10	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 why	advcl:relcl
11	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	is	present			why property	tree rules
3	take	present	shops	coins		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

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