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title: "Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother. What is… — Honesty with money: too much change an… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother. What is the truth about that saying? Test 2 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» 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 2 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet

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"Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother. What is the truth about that saying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, truth · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» 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/95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:1
# text = "Finders keepers, losers weepers, mate," says Mia's brother.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Finders	finder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	keepers	keeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	losers	loser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	weepers	weeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What is the truth about that saying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:2
# text = What is the truth about that saying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth about that saying |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It only works for coins, not notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:o1:1
# text = It only works for coins, not notes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for coins and notes | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for coin=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It's a playground saying, not a rule; found money should be handed in

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:o2:1
# text = It's a playground saying, not a rule; found money should be handed in
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | It | a rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | participle | a rule *not said here* | money |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic |
| 4 | **hand in** | should · passive |  | a rule |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's from the Bible, so it must be true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:o3:1
# text = It's from the Bible, so it must be true
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | the Bible |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | must | Bible |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's the law in every country in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:95-honesty-with-money-too-much-change-and-the-found-wallet:t2:o4:1
# text = It's the law in every country in the world
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the law |  | every country |  | in the world | tree rules |

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