--- title: apparently the shop gave a kid 20 dollars too much change and he kep… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics description: apparently the shop gave a kid 20 dollars too much change and he kept it and nobody ever found out lol. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/t18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Prices, change, borrowing and lending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending apparently the shop gave a kid 20 dollars too much change and he kept it and nobody ever found out lol. what's the true lesson? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shop, nobody · **What happens:** give, keep, find out, be · **To what, where:** kid, change, true lesson This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t18:1 # text = apparently the shop gave a kid 20 dollars too much change and he kept it and nobody ever found out lol. what's the true lesson? 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 lol lol INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the shop | a kid | | | | apparently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | shop | change | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **find out** | past | nobody | | | | ever | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | | the true lesson | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Keep it since it was their mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t18:o1:1 # text = Keep it since it was their mistake 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 since since ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | since their mistake | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell the assistant and give back the extra ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t18:o2:1 # text = Tell the assistant and give back the extra 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 assistant assistant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the assistant | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistant=Recipient | | 2 | **give back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the extra | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent extra=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only give back big amounts, small ones don't matter to shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t18:o3:1 # text = Only give back big amounts, small ones don't matter to shops 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 amounts amount NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | big amounts | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme | | 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | small ones | | | | | to shops | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to shop=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Spend it quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t18:o4:1 # text = Spend it quickly 1 Spend spend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quickly *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | **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. 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