Test 7 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet

Amira's friend says, "Ted's little, he'll never know about the £2." Why is that worse, not better?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Ted · What happens: say, not know, be, not be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Amira's friend says, "Ted's little, he'll never know about the £2."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Amira	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Ted	punct
7	Ted	Ted	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 little	nsubj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Ted	case
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 know	advmod
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 £	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 £	det
17	£	£	SYM	_	14 know	obl
18	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 £	nummod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Amira's friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not know in a quote	future	Ted						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about £=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: Why is that worse, not better?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 worse	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worse	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 worse	mark
4	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 better	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 better	advmod
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 worse	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 worse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						bad property	tree rules
2	not be								tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ted trusts her, and taking from someone who can't notice is still stealing

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ted	Ted	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 trusts	nsubj
2	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusts	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 taking	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 taking	cc
6	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 trusts	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 taking	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 notice	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 notice	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 notice	advmod
12	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 someone	acl:relcl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 stealing	cop
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 stealing	advmod
15	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 taking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	present	Ted	her = she				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	take	gerund	Ted not said here		someone			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from someone=Initial_Location
3	not notice	can						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	Ted not said here			still	steal property	tree rules

Option 2

Because Ted might learn to read money soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 learn	mark
2	Ted	Ted	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 learn	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 read	mark
6	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learn	xcomp
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obj
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	might	Ted						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read	to-infinitive	Ted not said here	money				soon property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic

Option 3

Because the tooth fairy will find out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 find	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fairy	det
3	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fairy	compound
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 find	aux
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	future	the tooth fairy						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It isn't worse; little kids don't need 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 worse	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worse	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 worse	advmod
4	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 need	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 need	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 need	advmod
10	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 worse	conj
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					bad property	tree rules
2	not need	present · do-support	little kids	money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

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