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title: Your mate goes, "Charity's only for rich people, kids can't do nothi… — Lending, sharing, charity and tipping · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "Charity's only for rich people, kids can't do nothing." What's true? Test 2 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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 2 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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Your mate goes, "Charity's only for rich people, kids can't do nothing." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Charity, kids · **What happens:** go, be, not do · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "Charity's only for rich people, kids can't do nothing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:1
# text = Your mate goes, "Charity's only for rich people, kids can't do nothing."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Charity	Charity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	parataxis	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Charity |  |  |  |  | for rich people | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | kids | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Kids can help with small amounts, time and kindness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:o1:1
# text = Kids can help with small amounts, time and kindness
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | can | Kids |  |  |  | time | with small amounts | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with amount=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He's right, only rich people can give

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:o2:1
# text = He's right, only rich people can give
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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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 | **give** | can | rich people |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Charities only accept cheques over £100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:o3:1
# text = Charities only accept cheques over £100
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	accept	accept	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheques	cheque	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | present | Charities | cheques |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheque=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kids are not allowed near charities by law until they are 18

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t2:o4:1
# text = Kids are not allowed near charities by law until they are 18
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	charities	charity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | law | Kids |  | charities |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | present | Kids *= kid* | 18 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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