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title: Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich.… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich. ("Reckons" means thinks.) Is he right? Test 7 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 cho
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# Test 7 · What money is and why people accept it

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Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich. ("Reckons" means thinks.) Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ollie, pile, Reckons · **What happens:** reckon, make, mean, think, be · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:1
# text = Ollie reckons a pile of 100 coins on a desert island makes you rich.
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | a pile of 100 coins on a desert island | you |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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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:* ("Reckons" means thinks.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:2
# text = ("Reckons" means thinks.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Reckons	Reckons	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Reckons |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:3
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | Reckons |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, 100 coins will always buy 100 things wherever you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, 100 coins will always buy 100 things wherever you are
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | future | 100 coins | 100 things |  |  |  | always *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **does** | present | you |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, with nobody selling anything the coins buy nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:o2:1
# text = No, with nobody selling anything the coins buy nothing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | nobody | anything |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | present | the coins | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, because islands only ever use paper money, not coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:o3:1
# text = No, because islands only ever use paper money, not coins
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | islands | paper money and coins |  |  | ever |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, because the metal coins can be eaten in an emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, because the metal coins can be eaten in an emergency
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | can · passive |  | the metal coins |  | a emergency |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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