Exam question 3 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet
Identify the principal finding of the 2019 study in which some 17,000 wallets were handed in across 40 countries.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, hand, find · To what, where: principal finding, 17,000 wallets, 2019 study
This is exam question 3 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 finding | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 finding | amod |
| 4 | finding | finding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 study | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 study | det |
| 7 | 2019 | 2019 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 study | nummod |
| 8 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finding | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 handed | obl |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 wallets | det |
| 12 | 17,000 | 17,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 wallets | nummod |
| 13 | wallets | wallet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 handed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 handed | aux:pass |
| 15 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 study | acl:relcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 countries | case |
| 17 | across | across | ADP | _ | 19 countries | case |
| 18 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 countries | nummod |
| 19 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 handed | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal finding of the 2019 study | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent finding=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hand | past · passive | some 17,000 wallets | the 2019 study | in 40 countries | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | find | the 2019 study | nom finding «act transitive»: of=patient |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wallets containing money were never returned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallets | wallet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 returned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Wallets | acl |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 containing | obj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 returned | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 returned | advmod |
| 6 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | Wallets not said here | money | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not return | past · passive | Wallets | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Wallets were returned only in a single country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallets | wallet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 returned | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 returned | aux:pass |
| 3 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 country | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 country | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 country | det |
| 7 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 country | amod |
| 8 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 returned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past · passive | Wallets | a single country | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Wallets containing more money were returned more frequently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallets | wallet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 returned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Wallets | acl |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 containing | obj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 returned | aux:pass |
| 6 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 returned | advmod |
| 8 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 6 returned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | gerund | Wallets not said here | more money | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | return | past · passive | Wallets | frequently property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The amount of money had no relation whatsoever to the outcome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 amount | det |
| 2 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 amount | nmod |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 relation | det |
| 7 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 5 had | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 outcome | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 outcome | det |
| 11 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the amount of money | no relation | to the outcome; whatsoever property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Patient | |||
| 2 | amount | money | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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