Test 7 · ★★ · Borrowing and debt
Your mate whispers "Bailiffs can take anything, even your bed and your telly!" Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Bailiffs, you · What happens: whisper, take, put · To what, where: anything, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your mate whispers "Bailiffs can take anything, even your bed and your telly!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whispers | nsubj |
| 3 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| 5 | Bailiffs | bailiff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 whispers | ccomp |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 take | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bed | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 bed | advmod |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 bed | nmod:poss |
| 12 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 telly | cc |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 telly | nmod:poss |
| 15 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bed | conj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: express | present | Your mate | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take in a quote | can | Bailiffs | anything | your bed and your telly obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Bailiffs can only take children's toys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailiffs | bailiff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 take | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 toys | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 children | case |
| 7 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | can | Bailiffs | children's toys | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They follow strict rules and can't take essentials
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 follow | nsubj |
| 2 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rules | amod |
| 4 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 follow | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 take | cc |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 take | advmod |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 follow | conj |
| 9 | essentials | essential | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | They | strict rules | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not take | can | They not said here | essentials | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent essential=Theme |
Option 3
Bailiffs come without any warning ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailiffs | bailiff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 warning | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 warning | det |
| 5 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Bailiffs | ever | without any warning | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He is right, they can take anything at all, even the beds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 take | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 take | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 take | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 beds | punct |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 beds | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 beds | det |
| 14 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | the beds obl; right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | can | they | anything | all | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Asset |
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