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title: What would happen if every coin had a different weight and no number… — Money's history: shells, coins, paper,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if every coin had a different weight and no number on it? Test 9 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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 9 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

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What would happen if every coin had a different weight and no number on it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coin · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** different weight

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t9:1
# text = What would happen if every coin had a different weight and no number on it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | every coin | a different weight and no number on number |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Shopping would be much faster, because nobody would need to count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t9:o1:1
# text = Shopping would be much faster, because nobody would need to count
1	Shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Shopping |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | would | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **count** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing would change, because coins are never checked by anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t9:o2:1
# text = Nothing would change, because coins are never checked by anyone
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **check** | present · passive | anyone | coins |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Prices would become free, since coins would have no fixed value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t9:o3:1
# text = Prices would become free, since coins would have no fixed value
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
11	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | Prices |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | would | coins | no fixed value |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Patient |
| 3 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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People would have to weigh and argue over each coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:t9:o4:1
# text = People would have to weigh and argue over each coin
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	weigh	weigh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | People |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weigh** | to-infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | infinitive | People *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over each coin | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over coin=Theme |

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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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