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title: Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics
description: Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins. Can she pay? Test 6 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · What money is and why people accept it

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Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins. Can she pay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** get, pay · **To what, where:** one $ coin

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:1
# text = Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins.
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	$	$	SYM	$	_	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
13	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
19	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
21	$	$	SYM	$	_	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
23	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | she | one $ coin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coin=Stimulus |

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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:* Can she pay?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:2
# text = Can she pay?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | can | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, she is still $1 short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:o1:1
# text = No, she is still $1 short
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, $1 + $1 is exactly $2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, $1 + $1 is exactly $2
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	6	cc	_	_
6	$	$	SYM	$	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	$	$	SYM	$	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and she gets $1 change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, and she gets $1 change
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	$	$	SYM	$	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | she | $ change |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, ice-cream vans only take notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t6:o4:1
# text = No, ice-cream vans only take notes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	vans	van	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | cream vans | notes |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |

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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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