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Test 4 · What money is and why people accept it

Your cousin goes, "why don't the government just print a million quid for everyone, no cap?" ("No cap" means "honestly".) What would really happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, government, cap · What happens: go, not print, mean, happen · To what, where: million quid

This is test 4 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 cousin goes, "why don't the government just print a million quid for everyone, no cap?"

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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 print	advmod
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 print	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 print	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 government	det
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 print	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 print	advmod
12	print	print	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 goes	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 million	det
14	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 quid	nummod
15	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 print	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 everyone	case
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 print	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 cap	det
20	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 everyone	appos
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 print	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 print	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Your cousin						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not print in a quote	present · do-support	the government	million quid				for everyone	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quid=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: ("No cap" means "honestly".)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cap	punct
3	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 cap	det
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 cap	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 honestly	punct
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	6 means	advmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 honestly	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	no cap					honestly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What would really happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

Prices would shoot up, so a loaf might cost a fortune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shoot	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shoot	aux
3	shoot	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 shoot	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cost	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 cost	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 loaf	det
8	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cost	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 cost	aux
10	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shoot	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fortune	det
12	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot up	would	Prices						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cost	might	a loaf	a fortune					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme fortune=Value

Option 2

Nothing, because printed money is never spent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 spent	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 money	case
4	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 money	amod
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spent	aux:pass
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 spent	advmod
8	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not spend	present · passive		Nothing					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 3

Everyone would be a millionaire and buy anything they want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 millionaire	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 millionaire	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 millionaire	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 millionaire	det
5	millionaire	millionaire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 buy	cc
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 millionaire	conj
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 buy	obj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 anything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would	Everyone	a millionaire					tree rules
2	buy	infinitive	Everyone not said here	anything					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
3	want	present	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

The money would turn into gold in the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 money	det
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	the money			gold		in the bank	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into gold=Trajectory

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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