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title: You find a fiver on the pavement outside the busy shop. Nobody's aro… — Finders keepers and what belongs to whom · tree and pragmatics
description: You find a fiver on the pavement outside the busy shop. Nobody's around. Which is the best-reasoned choice? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

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You find a fiver on the pavement outside the busy shop. Nobody's around. Which is the best-reasoned choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, Nobody · **What happens:** find, be, reason · **To what, where:** fiver, pavement, best reasoned choice

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You find a fiver on the pavement outside the busy shop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:1
# text = You find a fiver on the pavement outside the busy shop.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fiver	fiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | You | a fiver |  | the pavement outside the busy shop |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Topic |

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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:* Nobody's around.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:2
# text = Nobody's around.
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	around	around	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 | Nobody |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is the best-reasoned choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:3
# text = Which is the best-reasoned choice?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reason** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the best reasoned choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Run away from it, because touching lost money is a crime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:o1:1
# text = Run away from it, because touching lost money is a crime
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund |  | lost money |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme money=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | touching | a crime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tear it up so that nobody gets it and it stays fair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:o2:1
# text = Tear it up so that nobody gets it and it stays fair
1	Tear	tear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stay** | present | it |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ask in the shop if anyone lost it, or hand it in, rather than just pocket it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:o3:1
# text = Ask in the shop if anyone lost it, or hand it in, rather than just pocket it
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hand	hand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	18	cc	_	_
16	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the shop |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anyone | shop |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **hand in** | infinitive | you *not said here* | shop |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **pocket** |  | shop |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pocket it, because money on the pavement belongs to nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t8:o4:1
# text = Pocket it, because money on the pavement belongs to nobody
1	Pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | money on the pavement |  |  |  |  | to nobody | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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