--- title: everyone's saying Sam stole money, should i pass it on — Thinking cleverly about people · tree and pragmatics description: everyone's saying Sam stole money, should i pass it on Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/t14/) [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/) / [Thinking cleverly about people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people everyone's saying Sam stole money, should i pass it on **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, Sam, i · **What happens:** say, steal, pass on · **To what, where:** money · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t14:1 # text = everyone's saying Sam stole money, should i pass it on 1 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **steal** | past | Sam | money | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location money=Theme | | 3 | **pass on** | should | i | money | | | | | vn send-11.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, if lots of people say it, it must be true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t14:o1:1 # text = Yes, if lots of people say it, it must be true 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | lots of people | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **is** | must | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, it may be false and could hurt Sam badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t14:o2:1 # text = No, it may be false and could hurt Sam badly 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | it | | | | | false *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hurt** | could | | Sam | | | | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sam=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it is just news ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t14:o3:1 # text = Yes, it is just news 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | news | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, but only to friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t14:o4:1 # text = Yes, but only to friends 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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