Test 21 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things
your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it. Lucy's in your class. what's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Lucy · What happens: borrow, give back, write, be · To what, where: pen, ❤ ️ Lucy
This is test 21 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» of the everyday 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 friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it.
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrowed | nsubj |
| 3 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pen | nmod:poss |
| 5 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrowed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gave | cc |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 borrowed | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 gave | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 Lucy | case |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Lucy | punct |
| 12 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 ❤ | flat |
| 13 | ❤ | ❤ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Lucy | compound |
| 14 | ️ | ️ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Lucy | compound |
| 15 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Lucy | punct |
| 17 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 Lucy | acl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 written | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 borrowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | past | your friend | your pen | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give back | past | your friend not said here | pen | with ❤ ️ Lucy | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | write | participle | ❤ ️ Lucy not said here | on friend | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |
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: Lucy's in your class. what's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lucy | case |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 class | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 class | nmod:poss |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lucy | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 right | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 right | cop |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lucy in your class | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Give the pen to Ben's mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pen | det |
| 3 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mum | case |
| 5 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Ben | case |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the pen | Ben's mum | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pen=Theme to mum=Recipient |
Option 2
Show it to Lucy and the class at break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Lucy | case |
| 4 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 class | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Lucy | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 break | case |
| 9 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | it | Lucy and the class | break | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to lucy=Recipient |
Option 3
Write a mean word next to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obj |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 Write | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | a mean word | word | next property | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to it=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Rub it off and don't spread it, it's their private business
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Rub | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Rub | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 spread | cc |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 spread | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 spread | advmod |
| 7 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Rub | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spread | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 business | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 business | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 business | cop |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 business | nmod:poss |
| 13 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 business | amod |
| 14 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub off | imperative | you not said here | it | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not spread | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | their private business | tree rules |
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