Test 9 · What money is and why people accept it

Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, same tenner, ya, truth · What happens: scoff, not pay, numpty, be · To what, where: three people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dev	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scoffs	nsubj
4	scoffs	scoff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pay	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 pay	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tenner	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tenner	amod
9	tenner	tenner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pay	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 pay	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 pay	advmod
12	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scoffs	ccomp
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 people	nummod
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pay	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 numpty	punct
16	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 numpty	nsubj
17	numpty	numpty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pay	vocative
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scoffs	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 scoffs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	scoff	present	Dev's mate		tree rules
2	not pay in a quote	can	the same tenner	three people	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Asset
3	numpty in a quote		ya		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 truth?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

It can, but only if a bank prints the note again each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 can	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 prints	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 prints	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 prints	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 bank	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bank	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prints	nsubj
9	prints	print	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 note	det
11	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prints	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	9 prints	advmod
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prints	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present	a bank	the note			again; time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

Option 2

He's right, unless the note is cut into three

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	_	9 cut	punct
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 cut	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 note	det
7	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cut	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cut	aux:pass
9	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 three	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	cut a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the note		three			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into three=Product

Option 3

He's right, a note can only be spent once ever

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 spent	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 note	det
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spent	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 spent	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 spent	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 spent	aux:pass
10	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 spent	advmod
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 spent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	spend	can · passive		a note			ever	once property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can, because the note passes from person to person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 can	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 passes	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 passes	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 note	det
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passes	nsubj
7	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 can	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 person	case
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passes	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 person	case
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present	the note					from person to person	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from person=Initial_Location

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