--- title: Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my… — Money's history: shells, coins, paper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) What replaced them? Test 8 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Money's history: shells, coins, paper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/) / t8 # Test 8 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) What replaced them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nan, we, lover, gurt · **What happens:** say, note, be, mean, replace · **To what, where:** friendly greeting, nan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:1 # text = Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." 1 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Country Country PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ad ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 gurt gurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Theo's nan and a Country lass | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **note** *in a quote* | | we | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:2 # text = ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 gurt gurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | My lover | a friendly greeting | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | gurt | | | | | big *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What replaced them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:3 # text = What replaced them? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replaced replace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **replace** | past | | nan | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The 50p coin, in Roman times ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:o1:1 # text = The 50p coin, in Roman times 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The £5 note, last year ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:o2:1 # text = The £5 note, last year 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 £ £ SYM $ _ 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Gold bars, in the 1900s ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:o3:1 # text = Gold bars, in the 1900s 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 1900s 1900 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The £1 coin, in the 1980s ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t8:o4:1 # text = The £1 coin, in the 1980s 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 £ £ SYM $ _ 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 4 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 1980s 1980s NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ ``` 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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