--- title: "money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right? — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics description: "money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/t9/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules "money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** money, grandpa · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t9:1 # text = "money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dirtier dirty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 lol lol INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 grandpa grandpa NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 13 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | money | | | | | than a toilet seat; grandpa *obl*; dirty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | grandpa | | | | | right *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Neither: money has no germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t9:o1:1 # text = Neither: money has no germs 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | neither money | no germs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Grandpa: studies found money can carry more germs ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t9:o2:1 # text = Grandpa: studies found money can carry more germs 1 Grandpa grandpa NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 studies study NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 germs germ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Grandpa and studies | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | can | money | more germs | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} You: toilet seats are always dirtier ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t9:o3:1 # text = You: toilet seats are always dirtier 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 dirtier dirty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | always, dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody knows, because it has never ever been tested ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t9:o4:1 # text = Nobody knows, because it has never ever been tested 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 tested test VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **test** | present · perfect · passive | | it | | | ever | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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