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description: Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man. Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit." What's the fairer view? Test 10 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 10 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man. Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit." What's the fairer view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, mate, fairer view · **What happens:** say, buy, get, be · **To what, where:** sandwich, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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/39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:1
# text = Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man.
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
16	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund | Tom's mum *not said here* | a sandwich |  |  |  | for a homeless man | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme for man=Beneficiary |

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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:* Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:2
# text = Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit."
1	Tom	Tom	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	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | should | mate | a job and innit |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the fairer view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:3
# text = What's the fairer view?
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	5	det	_	_
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fairer view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Buying food for anyone is against the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:o1:1
# text = Buying food for anyone is against the law
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  | for anyone | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for anyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** | present | Buying |  |  |  |  | against the law | tree rules |

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

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People end up homeless for many reasons; kindness treats them with dignity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:o2:1
# text = People end up homeless for many reasons; kindness treats them with dignity
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	treats	treat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dignity	dignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present | People |  |  |  |  | for many reasons; homeless *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **treat** | present | kindness | People |  |  |  | with dignity | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with dignity=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Homeless people are all rich in secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:o3:1
# text = Homeless people are all rich in secret
1	Homeless	homeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Homeless people |  |  | secret |  | all, rich *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, it is always their own fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t10:o4:1
# text = He's right, it is always their own fault
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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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 | **is a** | present | it | their own fault |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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