Test 1 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet
Your mate says, "Shops are rich, the change doesn't matter." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Shops, change, best reply · What happens: say, be, not matter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» 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: Your mate says, "Shops are rich, the change doesn't matter."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rich | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 rich | punct |
| 6 | Shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rich | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rich | cop |
| 8 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 matter | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 change | det |
| 11 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 matter | nsubj |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 matter | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 matter | advmod |
| 14 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 matter | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Shops | rich property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not matter in a quote | present · do-support | the change | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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 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 | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The cashier might have to pay it back from their own pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cashier | det |
| 2 | cashier | cashier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pay | mark |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 pay | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 pay | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 pay | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 pay | amod |
| 12 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | might | the cashier | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay back | to-infinitive | the cashier not said here | cashier | their own pay | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | |||
| 3 | pay | their = they | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Shops give extra change on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 change | amod |
| 4 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Shops | extra change | purpose | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent change=Theme on purpose=Asset |
Option 3
He's right, so keep any change you get
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 | _ | 6 keep | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 keep | advmod |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 change | det |
| 8 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 change | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | He not said here | any change | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | present | you | any change not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It only matters if the change is over £100, otherwise keep it
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 | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 keep | csubj |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 over | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 change | det |
| 6 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 over | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 over | cop |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 9 £ | advcl |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 matters | obl |
| 10 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 £ | nummod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 keep | punct |
| 12 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 13 keep | advmod |
| 13 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the change | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | imperative | you not said here | change | otherwise property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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