Test 10 · What money is and why people accept it

Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers. Why is money easier?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro · What happens: try, buy, be · To what, where: pencil

This is test 10 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 little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers.

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	3 bro	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bro	amod
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tries	nsubj
4	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tries	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pencil	det
8	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
9	with	with	SCONJ	_	14 worth	mark
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 rubbers	nummod
12	rubbers	rubber	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 worth	nsubj
13	'	's	PART	_	12 rubbers	case
14	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 buy	advcl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 stickers	case
17	stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 worth	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present	Your little bro						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your little bro not said here	a pencil					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme

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: Why is money easier?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 easier	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 easier	cop
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 easier	obj
4	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 easier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						easy property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stickers are always worth more than pencils, so he'd lose out there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worth	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worth	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 worth	advmod
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 worth	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 pencils	case
7	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 more	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lose	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 lose	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lose	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 lose	aux
12	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 worth	parataxis
13	out	out	ADV	_	12 lose	advmod
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 lose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Stickers					always, worth property	tree rules
2	lose out	would	he			there		out property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shops are not allowed to look at stickers or take them as payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 stickers	case
8	stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 look	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 payment	case
13	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Shops		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	Shops not said here		at stickers	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sticker=Theme
3	take	infinitive	Shops not said here	Shops = shop	as payment	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as payment=Attribute

Option 3

Money is easier only because it is shinier and nicer than stickers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 easier	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 easier	cop
3	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 shinier	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 shinier	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shinier	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shinier	cop
8	shinier	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 easier	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nicer	cc
10	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 easier	conj
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 stickers	case
12	stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 nicer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Money	easy property	tree rules
2	is	present	Money	shiny property	tree rules
3	be		Money not said here	than stickers	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Money gives every thing a price you can compare straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 thing	det
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 price	det
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 compare	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 compare	aux
9	compare	compare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 price	acl:relcl
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 compare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Money	every thing					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient price=Theme
2	compare	can	you	a price not said here				away property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient

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