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title: Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of s… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics
description: Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers. Why is money easier? Test 10 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 10 · What money is and why people accept it

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Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers. Why is money easier?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little bro · **What happens:** try, buy, be · **To what, where:** pencil

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This is test 10 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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/money/1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:1
# text = Your little bro tries to buy a pencil with "two rubbers' worth" of stickers.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	rubbers	rubber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	stickers	sticker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | Your little bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Your little bro *not said here* | a pencil |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme |

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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:* Why is money easier?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:2
# text = Why is money easier?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
4	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stickers are always worth more than pencils, so he'd lose out there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:o1:1
# text = Stickers are always worth more than pencils, so he'd lose out there
1	Stickers	sticker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pencils	pencil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Stickers |  |  |  |  | always, worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose out** | would | he |  |  | there |  | out *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shops are not allowed to look at stickers or take them as payment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:o2:1
# text = Shops are not allowed to look at stickers or take them as payment
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stickers	sticker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Shops |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Shops *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at stickers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sticker=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive | Shops *not said here* | Shops *= shop* |  |  |  | as payment | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as payment=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Money is easier only because it is shinier and nicer than stickers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:o3:1
# text = Money is easier only because it is shinier and nicer than stickers
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	shinier	shiny	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	nicer	nice	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	stickers	sticker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Money |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Money |  |  |  |  | shiny *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than stickers | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Money gives every thing a price you can compare straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t10:o4:1
# text = Money gives every thing a price you can compare straight away
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Money | every thing |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient price=Theme |
| 2 | **compare** | can | you | a price *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient |

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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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