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title: Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?» The boy t… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics
description: Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?» The boy took a pound from Mum. What does the priest mean? Test 4 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 4 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

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Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?» The boy took a pound from Mum. What does the priest mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, boy, priest · **What happens:** give back, take, mean · **To what, where:** Priest, pound

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This is test 4 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:1
# text = Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?»
1	Priest	pry	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	obl	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | Priest |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* The boy took a pound from Mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:2
# text = The boy took a pound from Mum.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the boy | a pound |  |  |  | from Mum | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent pound=Theme from mum=Initial\_Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What does the priest mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:3
# text = What does the priest mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the priest |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Confession doesn't replace paying back the pound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:o1:1
# text = Confession doesn't replace paying back the pound
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **replace** | present · do-support | Confession |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay back** | gerund | Confession *not said here* | the pound |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only money above ten pounds must be given back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:o2:1
# text = Only money above ten pounds must be given back
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	above	above	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | must · passive |  | money and ten pounds |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Paying back is not needed after confession

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:o3:1
# text = Paying back is not needed after confession
1	Paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj:pass	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present · passive | Paying |  |  |  | after confession |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wants the pound for the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t4:o4:1
# text = He wants the pound for the church
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | He | the pound |  |  |  | for the church | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pound=Theme |

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