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Test 2 · What money is and why people accept it

Gran goes "back in my day you could take a pound note to the bank and get gold for it, pet." Is that still true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, you, that · What happens: go, take, get, be · To what, where: pound note, bank, gold · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Gran goes "back in my day you could take a pound note to the bank and get gold for it, pet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
4	back	back	ADV	_	10 take	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 day	nmod:poss
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 take	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 note	det
12	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 note	compound
13	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 bank	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bank	det
16	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 get	cc
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 take	conj
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 get	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 pet	punct
23	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	vocative
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Gran						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take in a quote	could	you	a pound note		the bank	day	pet vocative	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Theme to bank=Destination
3	get in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	gold				for Gran	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for it=Source

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: Is that still true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 true	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, every bank still swaps notes for gold bars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 swaps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bank	det
4	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swaps	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 swaps	advmod
6	swaps	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swaps	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 bars	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bars	compound
10	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swaps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	present	every bank	notes			still	for gold bars	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent note=Theme for bar=Co-Theme

Option 2

No, because gold was banned by law last year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 banned	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 banned	mark
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banned	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 banned	aux:pass
6	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banned	obl
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 year	amod
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banned	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · passive	law	gold			year		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only on Mondays and only for grandparents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Mondays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Mondays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Mondays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Mondays	case
6	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grandparents	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 grandparents	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 grandparents	case
10	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Mondays	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, money today is backed by trust and the government, not gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 backed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 backed	nsubj:pass
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 backed	obl:unmarked
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 backed	aux:pass
6	backed	back	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 trust	case
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 backed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 government	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 government	det
11	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trust	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gold	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 gold	advmod
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	back	present · passive	trust and the government and gold	money			today		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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