Test 7 · What money is and why people accept it

Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich. ("Reckons" means thinks.) Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ollie, pile, Reckons · What happens: reckon, make, mean, think, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pile	det
4	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 coins	case
6	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 coins	nummod
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pile	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 island	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 island	det
10	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 island	compound
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coins	nmod
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 makes	obj
14	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 makes	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ollie						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	present	a pile of 100 coins on a desert island	you				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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: ("Reckons" means thinks.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Reckons	punct
3	Reckons	Reckons	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Reckons	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Reckons						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present							vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Is he right?

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	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, 100 coins will always buy 100 things wherever you are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 coins	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 coins	nummod
4	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buy	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 buy	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 buy	advmod
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 things	nummod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buy	obj
10	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	12 are	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 are	nsubj
12	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 buy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	future	100 coins	100 things				always property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	does	present	you					wherever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, with nobody selling anything the coins buy nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 selling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 selling	punct
3	with	with	SCONJ	_	5 selling	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 selling	nsubj
5	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 selling	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coins	det
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 buy	nsubj
9	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 selling	parataxis
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund	nobody	anything					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
2	buy	present	the coins	nothing					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

Option 3

No, because islands only ever use paper money, not coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 use	mark
4	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 use	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 use	advmod
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 money	compound
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 coins	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 coins	advmod
12	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 money	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	islands	paper money and coins			ever		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

Option 4

Yes, because the metal coins can be eaten in an emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 eaten	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eaten	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 eaten	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coins	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eaten	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 eaten	aux:pass
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 emergency	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 emergency	det
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	can · passive		the metal coins		a emergency			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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