--- title: did u hear a kid dropped a twenty out his pocket in town and "a seag… — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics description: did u hear a kid dropped a twenty out his pocket in town and "a seagull took it". lesson? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/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/) / [Coins, pocket money, saving, spending…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning… did u hear a kid dropped a twenty out his pocket in town and "a seagull took it". lesson? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, kid, seagull · **What happens:** hear, drop, take · **To what, where:** lesson, twenty pocket, town, pocket · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t18:1 # text = did u hear a kid dropped a twenty out his pocket in town and "a seagull took it". lesson? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 seagull seagull NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 22 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | lesson | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **drop** | past | a kid | kid's twenty pocket | | town | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pocket=Theme in town=Destination | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | past | a seagull | pocket | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 {#o1} Carry cash in your hand to watch it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t18:o1:1 # text = Carry cash in your hand to watch it 1 Carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | cash | | your hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cash=Value in hand=Location | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | cash | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Keep money somewhere safe; money lost in the street is rarely found ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t18:o2:1 # text = Keep money somewhere safe; money lost in the street is rarely found 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 advmod _ _ 4 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 rarely rarely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | money | | | | safe, somewhere *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | money *not said here* | | the street | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in street=Eventuality | | 3 | **find** | present · passive | | money | | | | rarely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Money always turns up again later, coz people hand it in to the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t18:o3:1 # text = Money always turns up again later, coz people hand it in to the police 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 coz because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hand hand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn up** | present | Money | | | | again | always, late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hand in** | present | people | Money | | the police | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to police=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Seagulls only steal food ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t18:o4:1 # text = Seagulls only steal food 1 Seagulls seagull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 steal steal VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | present | Seagulls | food | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme | **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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