--- title: Teacher: "The first coins were made 2,600 years ago." Liam: "Older t… — Money's history: shells, coins, paper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: "The first coins were made 2,600 years ago." Liam: "Older than my nan then." If a lifetime is about 100 years, how many lifetimes back is that? 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If a lifetime is about 100 years, how many lifetimes back is that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lifetime · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** first coins, 100 years This is test 5 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher: "The first coins were made 2,600 years ago." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:1 # text = Teacher: "The first coins were made 2,600 years ago." 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 2,600 2,600 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the first coins | | | | Teacher *vocative*; ago *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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:* Liam: "Older than my nan then." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:2 # text = Liam: "Older than my nan then." 1 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* If a lifetime is about 100 years, how many lifetimes back is that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:3 # text = If a lifetime is about 100 years, how many lifetimes back is that? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lifetime lifetime NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lifetimes lifetime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a lifetime | 100 years and many lifetimes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | that *obl*; back *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} About 26 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:o1:1 # text = About 26 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 26 26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} About 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:o2:1 # text = About 2 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} About 260 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:o3:1 # text = About 260 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 260 260 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} About 6 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t5:o4:1 # text = About 6 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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