Test 2 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet
"Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother. What is the truth about that saying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, truth · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: "Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 keepers | punct |
| 2 | Finders | finder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 keepers | compound |
| 3 | keepers | keeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 says | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 weepers | punct |
| 5 | losers | loser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 weepers | compound |
| 6 | weepers | weeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 keepers | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keepers | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 keepers | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 keepers | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Mia | case |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia's brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 truth about that saying?
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 | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 saying | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 saying | det |
| 7 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 truth | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth about that saying | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It only works for coins, not notes
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 works | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 coins | case |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 works | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 notes | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 notes | advmod |
| 8 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 coins | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | It | for coins and notes | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for coin=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's a playground saying, not a rule; found money should be handed in
The tree, 14 words
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 | 9 rule | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rule | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rule | det |
| 4 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saying | compound |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 rule | csubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rule | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 rule | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rule | det |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 handed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 found | punct |
| 11 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 rule | acl |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 found | obj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 handed | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 handed | aux:pass |
| 15 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 handed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not is a | present | It | a rule | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find | participle | a rule not said here | money | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic | ||||
| 4 | hand in | should · passive | a rule | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It's from the Bible, so it must be true
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 | 5 Bible | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Bible | cop |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Bible | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Bible | det |
| 5 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 true | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 true | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 true | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 true | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 true | cop |
| 11 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bible | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | the Bible | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | must | Bible | true property | tree rules |
Option 4
It's the law in every country in the world
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 law | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 law | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 law | det |
| 4 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 country | det |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 law | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 law | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the law | every country | in the world | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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