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title: In a cartoon, a rich man gives £1 and everyone cheers, but a girl wh… — Lending, sharing, charity and tipping · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a rich man gives £1 and everyone cheers, but a girl who gives an afternoon helping is ignored. What's wrong? Test 9 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 opt
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# Test 9 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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In a cartoon, a rich man gives £1 and everyone cheers, but a girl who gives an afternoon helping is ignored. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich man, everyone, girl · **What happens:** give, cheer, ignore, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, afternoon helping, girl

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a rich man gives £1 and everyone cheers, but a girl who gives an afternoon helping is ignored.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a rich man gives £1 and everyone cheers, but a girl who gives an afternoon helping is ignored.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cheers	cheer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	helping	helping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a rich man |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 2 | **cheer** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **give** | present | a girl | a afternoon helping |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helping=Theme |
| 4 | **ignore** | present · passive |  | a girl |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:2
# text = What's wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Giving time and help counts too, not just money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:o1:1
# text = Giving time and help counts too, not just money
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **count** | present | Giving |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Girls are not allowed to volunteer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:o2:1
# text = Girls are not allowed to volunteer
1	Girls	girl	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	volunteer	volunteer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Girls |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **volunteer** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Girls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rich man gave far too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:o3:1
# text = The rich man gave far too much
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the rich man | much |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only money ever helps a charity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:t9:o4:1
# text = Only money ever helps a charity
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | money | a charity |  |  | ever |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charity=Beneficiary |

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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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