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Test 8 · ★★ · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly

"Nobody's watching, take the eggs, lad," says a boy at the farm stall. Why do honesty boxes work at all?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nobody, boy, honesty boxes · What happens: watch, take, say, work · To what, where: eggs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» 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: "Nobody's watching, take the eggs, lad," says a boy at the farm stall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 watching	punct
2	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 watching	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 watching	aux
4	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 watching	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eggs	det
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lad	punct
10	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eggs	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 watching	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 watching	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 stall	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 stall	det
18	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stall	compound
19	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 boy	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch in a quote	present · progressive	Nobody						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	take in a quote	infinitive		the eggs and lad					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	a boy						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: Why do honesty boxes work at all?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 work	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	aux
3	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boxes	compound
4	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	nsubj
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 work	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present · do-support	honesty boxes					at all	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at all=Theme

The options

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

The farmer trusts people to pay, and most do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trusts	nsubj
3	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trusts	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trusts	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 do	cc
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 do	nsubj
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trusts	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	present	the farmer	people					tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	most						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They don't work; everyone takes the eggs for free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 work	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 takes	punct
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 takes	nsubj
7	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eggs	det
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 takes	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 free	case
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work	present · do-support	They						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	take	present	everyone	the eggs				for free	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent egg=Theme for free=Beneficiary

Option 3

Because the farmer hides behind the hedge to watch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 hides	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hides	nsubj
4	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 hedge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hedge	det
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hides	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 watch	mark
9	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the farmer			the hedge			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind hedge=Location
2	watch	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Because eggs are too cheap for anyone to steal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 cheap	mark
2	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cheap	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cheap	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 cheap	advmod
5	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 cheap	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 steal	mark
9	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cheap	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	eggs					for anyone; cheap property	tree rules
2	steal	to-infinitive	eggs not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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