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title: Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life.… — Honest money: earning, raising and pay… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life." What can a child fairly do? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly

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Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life." What can a child fairly do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Everyone, that, child · **What happens:** say, pay, be, do · **To what, where:** builders cash, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» 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/96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:1
# text = Grandad says, "Everyone pays builders cash, no receipt, that's life."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	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 | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | Everyone | builders cash and no receipt |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Asset |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | life |  |  |  |  | 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:* What can a child fairly do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:2
# text = What can a child fairly do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | a child |  |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Report Grandad to the police at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:o1:1
# text = Report Grandad to the police at once
1	Report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Ask him about it kindly; taxes pay for schools and hospitals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:o2:1
# text = Ask him about it kindly; taxes pay for schools and hospitals
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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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* |  | him *= he* |  |  | about it; kindly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | present | taxes |  |  |  |  | for schools and hospitals | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for school=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing; it's always fine if everyone does it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing; it's always fine if everyone does it
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | always, fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | everyone | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shout at Grandad until he pays the tax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:t7:o4:1
# text = Shout at Grandad until he pays the tax
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Grandad | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pay** | present | Grandad | the tax |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |

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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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