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title: Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers". Is she right? — Pocket money and earning it with chores · tree and pragmatics
description: Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers". Is she right? Test 11 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

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Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers". Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Maya, app money, money · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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/6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:1
# text = Maya says app money "isn't real cos it's just numbers".
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Maya |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | app money |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | money |  |  |  |  | cos numbers | tree rules |

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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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	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 | Maya |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, only coins are real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, only coins are real
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | coins |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's real only if it's gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:o2:1
# text = No, it's real only if it's gold
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, apps just print their own pretend money on screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, apps just print their own pretend money on screen
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	print	print	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present | apps | apps's own pretend money |  | screen |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme on screen=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, it's real money kept in a bank as numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:t11:o4:1
# text = No, it's real money kept in a bank as numbers
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | real money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  | real money *not said here* |  | a bank |  | as numbers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bank=Location |

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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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