Test 13 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

mum's purse is right there, i'll just take 2 quid, she won't mind

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: purse, i, she · What happens: be, take, not mind · To what, where: 2 quid

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purse	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 mum	case
3	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 there	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 there	cop
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 there	advmod
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 take	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 there	parataxis
12	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 quid	nummod
13	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 mind	nsubj
16	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 mind	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 mind	advmod
18	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 there	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	mum's purse		right, there property	tree rules
2	take	future	i	2 quid		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quid=Theme
3	not mind	future	she			vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, if it's only coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 coins	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 coins	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 coins	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 coins	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 coins	advmod
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	coins					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, taking money without asking is stealing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 stealing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 taking	punct
3	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stealing	csubj
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taking	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 taking	advcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stealing	aux
8	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take	gerund		money	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	steal	present · progressive	taking		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only if you put it back next week before she checks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 put	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl:unmarked
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 checks	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 checks	nsubj
11	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put back	past	you	it			week		vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
2	check	present	she						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, it's family money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 money	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 money	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 money	cop
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	compound
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	family money					tree rules

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