--- title: A Geordie nan says "that's a canny fiver ye've got there, hinny." ("… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics description: A Geordie nan says "that's a canny fiver ye've got there, hinny." ("Canny" means nice; "hinny" means dear.) How much money is it? 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How much money is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Geordie nan, that, ye, Canny, hinny, much money · **What happens:** say, be, get, mean · **To what, where:** canny fiver, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Geordie nan says "that's a canny fiver ye've got there, hinny." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:1 # text = A Geordie nan says "that's a canny fiver ye've got there, hinny." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Geordie Geordie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 canny canny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fiver fiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hinny hinny NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Geordie nan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a canny fiver and hinny | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | ye | a canny fiver and hinny *not said here* | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fiver=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Canny" means nice; "hinny" means dear.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:2 # text = ("Canny" means nice; "hinny" means dear.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Canny Canny 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 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hinny hinny NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Canny | | | | | nice *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | hinny | | | | | dear *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* How much money is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:3 # text = How much money is it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | much money | money | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} £50 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:o1:1 # text = £50 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} £15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:o2:1 # text = £15 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} £5 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:o3:1 # text = £5 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 50p ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t8:o4:1 # text = 50p 1 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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