Test 5 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet
"Bloody machine's always eating my money, so this can's mine," says Lucas. What is the honest view?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bloody machine, this, Lucas, honest view · What happens: eat, be, say · To what, where: money, Lucas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: "Bloody machine's always eating my money, so this can's mine," says Lucas.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 eating | punct |
| 2 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 machine | amod |
| 3 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eating | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 machine | case |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 eating | advmod |
| 6 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 says | ccomp |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eating | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mine | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 mine | advmod |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 mine | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 mine | aux |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mine | cop |
| 14 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eating | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 eating | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 eating | punct |
| 17 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | Lucas | Lucas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 says | nsubj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | gerund | Bloody machine | my money | always property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | can | this | Lucas | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Lucas | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 honest view?
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 view | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | 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 honest view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He's right, so he can keep both cans
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 | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 keep | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 keep | aux |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 cans | det |
| 10 | cans | can | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | can | he | both cans | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent can=Theme |
Option 2
Machines owe everyone free cans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 owe | nsubj |
| 2 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 owe | iobj |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cans | amod |
| 5 | cans | can | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 owe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present | Machines | free cans | everyone | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Goal can=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
If he lost money before, tell the owner; keeping their can isn't the fix
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 lost | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tell | advcl |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADV | _ | 3 lost | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 owner | det |
| 9 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 fix | punct |
| 11 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 fix | csubj |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 can | nmod:poss |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 keeping | aux |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fix | cop |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 fix | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fix | det |
| 17 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose a condition, not said to happen | past | he | money | before property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the owner | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | keep | can | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | not is a | present | keeping | the fix | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Kick the machine until it gives his money back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 machine | det |
| 3 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 gives | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gives | nsubj |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kick | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 gives | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the machine | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent machine=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give back | present | machine | his money | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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