Test 9 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet

Liam's friend whispers, "Keep the coin, nobody saw, it's only 50p." What should Liam do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, nobody, Liam · What happens: whisper, keep, see, be, do · To what, where: coin, 50 p · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Liam's friend whispers, "Keep the coin, nobody saw, it's only 50p."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Liam	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispers	nsubj
4	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Keep	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Keep	punct
7	Keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 whispers	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coin	det
9	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Keep	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Keep	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 p	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 p	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 p	cop
16	only	only	ADV	_	17 50	advmod
17	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 p	nummod
18	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Keep	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 whispers	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Liam's friend		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep in a quote	infinitive		the coin	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
3	see in a quote	past	nobody		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a in a quote	present	friend	50 p	tree rules

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 should Liam do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	Liam						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Spend it on sweets after church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spend	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 sweets	case
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spend	obl
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 church	case
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	imperative	you not said here	it			after church	on sweets goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on sweet=Goal

Option 2

Keep it, because it rolled away from the plate, so it's lost now

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rolled	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 rolled	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rolled	nsubj
6	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 rolled	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 plate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plate	det
10	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rolled	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lost	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 lost	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lost	nsubj:pass
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	advcl
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		now		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	roll away	past	it		the plate		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from plate=Trajectory
3	lose	present · passive		plate				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Put it back in the plate; it belongs to the people it helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 plate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plate	det
6	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 belongs	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 belongs	nsubj
9	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Put	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 people	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 people	det
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 belongs	obl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 helps	nsubj
14	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put back	imperative	you not said here	it	the plate		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in plate=Destination
2	belong	present	plate			to the people	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	help	present	plate	the people not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Give it to his friend instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obl
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	it	his friend			instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient

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