Test 9 · ★★ · Borrowing and debt Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. What lesson is this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, friend, sweets, lesson · What happens: lend, be, not talk · To what, where: friend, month
This is test 9 · ★★ 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 sister lent her friend £5 for sweets.
nmod:poss nsubj nmod:poss obj obj nummod case obl punct root Your PRON sister NOUN lent VERB her PRON friend NOUN £ SYM 5 NUM for ADP sweets NOUN . PUNCT 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 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 lent nsubj 3 lent lend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 friend nmod:poss 5 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 lent obj 6 £ £ SYM _ 3 lent obj 7 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 £ nummod 8 for for ADP _ 9 sweets case 9 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 3 lent obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 lent punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lend past Your sister sister's friend for sweets vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient £=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: It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking.
nsubj cop cop det punct conj advmod punct cc advmod nsubj aux advmod conj punct root It PRON 's AUX been AUX a DET month NOUN , PUNCT nothing PRON back ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ now ADV they PRON 're AUX not PART talking VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 month nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 month cop 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 month cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 month det 5 month month NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 nothing punct 7 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 month conj 8 back back ADV _ 7 nothing advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 15 talking punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 15 talking cc 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 15 talking advmod 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 talking nsubj 13 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 talking aux 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 talking advmod 15 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 month conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 month punct
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1 is a present friend a month tree rules 2 not talk present · progressive sweets = sweet now vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What lesson is this?
nsubj cop nsubj punct root What PRON lesson NOUN is AUX this PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 lesson lesson NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 4 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
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1 is a present lesson tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Lending to friends can cause arguments if not repaid
csubj case obl aux obj mark advmod advcl root Lending VERB to ADP friends NOUN can AUX cause VERB arguments NOUN if SCONJ not PART repaid VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lending lend VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 cause csubj 2 to to ADP _ 3 friends case 3 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 1 Lending obl 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 cause aux 5 cause cause VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 arguments argument NOUN Number=Plur 5 cause obj 7 if if SCONJ _ 9 repaid mark 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 repaid advmod 9 repaid repay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 cause advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lend gerund friends vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient 2 cause can Lending arguments vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition argument=Patient 3 not repay a condition, not said to happen participle Lending not said here vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Option 2 She should charge her friend interest
nsubj aux nmod:poss compound obj root She PRON should AUX charge VERB her PRON friend NOUN interest NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 charge nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 charge aux 3 charge charge VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 interest nmod:poss 5 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 6 interest compound 6 interest interest NOUN Number=Sing 3 charge obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 charge should She her friend interest vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location interest=Theme 2 interest her = she nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Friends always pay back twice as much if you wait long enough
nsubj advmod advmod advmod advmod advcl mark nsubj advcl advmod advmod root Friends NOUN always ADV pay VERB back ADV twice ADV as ADV much ADJ if SCONJ you PRON wait VERB long ADV enough ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 3 pay nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 pay advmod 3 pay pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 back back ADV _ 3 pay advmod 5 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 much advmod 6 as as ADV _ 7 much advmod 7 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pay advcl 8 if if SCONJ _ 10 wait mark 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 wait nsubj 10 wait wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 pay advcl 11 long long ADV Degree=Pos 10 wait advmod 12 enough enough ADV _ 10 wait advmod
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1 pay back present Friends always property vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 wait a condition, not said to happen present you enough, long property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Never share anything with anyone ever
advmod obj case obl advmod root Never ADV share VERB anything PRON with ADP anyone PRON ever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 share advmod 2 share share VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 share obj 4 with with ADP _ 5 anyone case 5 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 share obl 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 2 share advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not share imperative you not said here anything ever with anyone tree rules
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