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title: Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpt… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics
description: Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty." What's the truth? Test 9 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 right.
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# Test 9 · What money is and why people accept it

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Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty." What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, same tenner, ya, truth · **What happens:** scoff, not pay, numpty, be · **To what, where:** three people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:1
# text = Dev's mate scoffs, "the same tenner can't pay three people, ya numpty."
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scoffs	scoff	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	numpty	numpty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | present | Dev's mate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **pay** *in a quote* | can | the same tenner | three people |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Asset |
| 3 | **numpty** *in a quote* |  | ya |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It can, but only if a bank prints the note again each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:o1:1
# text = It can, but only if a bank prints the note again each time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	prints	print	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present | a bank | the note |  |  | again; time |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right, unless the note is cut into three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:o2:1
# text = He's right, unless the note is cut into three
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | the note |  | three |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into three=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right, a note can only be spent once ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:o3:1
# text = He's right, a note can only be spent once ever
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spend** | can · passive |  | a note |  |  | ever | once *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It can, because the note passes from person to person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:t9:o4:1
# text = It can, because the note passes from person to person
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | the note |  |  |  |  | from person to person | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from person=Initial\_Location |

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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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