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title: In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins. What did a… — Writing, laws and money: how strangers… · tree and pragmatics
description: In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins. What did a real ruler's stamp do? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 10 · ★ · Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust ea…

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In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins. What did a real ruler's stamp do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mint building, stamp · **What happens:** get, stamp, do · **To what, where:** mint building, game, coins

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» of the history 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/history/63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:1
# text = In your game you get a «mint» building that stamps coins.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stamps	stamp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | a mint building |  | your game |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer building=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stamp** | present | a mint building | coins |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent coin=Destination |

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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:* What did a real ruler's stamp do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:2
# text = What did a real ruler's stamp do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	stamp	stamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | a real ruler's stamp |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It turned the silver inside into pure gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:o1:1
# text = It turned the silver inside into pure gold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | It | the silver |  | pure gold |  | inside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent silver=Theme into gold=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It made the coin worth nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:o2:1
# text = It made the coin worth nothing at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | the coin |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset coin=Beneficiary nothing=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It promised the coin's weight to traders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:o3:1
# text = It promised the coin's weight to traders
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | It | the coin's weight |  |  |  | to traders *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent weight=Theme to trader=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It made the coin magic in the king's eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:63-writing-laws-and-money-how-strangers-learned-to-trust-each-other:t10:o4:1
# text = It made the coin magic in the king's eyes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | the coin magic |  | the king's eyes |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material magic=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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