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Test 2 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

Mum gets home and says, "The bloke at the till gave me a tenner too much, result!" What is the best-reasoned reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, bloke, reasoned reply · What happens: get, say, give, be, reason · To what, where: tenner, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics 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: Mum gets home and says, "The bloke at the till gave me a tenner too much, result!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 gets	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 says	cc
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
8	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bloke	det
9	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	nsubj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 till	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 till	det
12	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bloke	nmod
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	parataxis
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 gave	iobj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tenner	det
16	tenner	tenner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obj
17	too	too	ADV	_	18 much	advmod
18	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tenner	amod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 result	punct
20	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tenner	conj
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 gets	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Mum					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	Mum not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	give in a quote	past	the bloke at the till	a tenner and result	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient tenner=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: What is the best-reasoned reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 reasoned	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reply	amod
7	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the reasoned reply						tree rules
2	reason	participle							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Keep it, because you only steal when you take it on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 steal	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 steal	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 steal	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 steal	advmod
7	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 take	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 take	nsubj
10	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 steal	ccomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 purpose	case
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	steal	present	you						tree rules
3	take	present	you	it		purpose			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on purpose=Destination

Option 2

Brilliant, shops are rich so it doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shops	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Brilliant	punct
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rich	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 matter	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 matter	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rich	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Brilliant shops					rich property	tree rules
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Keep it, because shopkeepers overcharge people anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 overcharge	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 overcharge	mark
5	shopkeepers	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overcharge	nsubj
6	overcharge	overcharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overcharge	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 overcharge	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	overcharge	present	shopkeepers		people			anyway property	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

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

It's his mistake but still the shop's money

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	4 mistake	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mistake	nmod:poss
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 money	cc
6	still	still	ADV	_	10 money	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 shop	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	his mistake but the shop's money					tree rules

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