Test 6 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending
Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car. Why will they pay back more than they borrowed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents · What happens: borrow, buy, pay back · To what, where: money, bank, car, more
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car.
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 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 borrow | nsubj |
| 3 | borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrow | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 bank | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bank | det |
| 7 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrow | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 buy | mark |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 borrow | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 car | det |
| 11 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buy | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 borrow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | present | Your parents | money | a bank | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from bank=Source | |||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | Your parents not said here | a car | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=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: Why will they pay back more than they borrowed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 pay | advmod |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 pay | obj |
| 7 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 borrowed | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 borrowed | nsubj |
| 9 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 more | advcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | future | parents = parent | more | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset | ||||
| 2 | borrow | past | parents = parent | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The bank charges interest on the loan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bank | det |
| 2 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charges | nsubj |
| 3 | charges | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charges | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 loan | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 loan | det |
| 7 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 charges | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | present | the bank | interest | the loan | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location interest=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The car comes with free petrol for a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 petrol | case |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 petrol | amod |
| 6 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 year | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the car | year | with free petrol | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Banks always make mistakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Banks | mistakes | always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
Option 4
The car gets more expensive over time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 expensive | advmod |
| 5 | expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the car | time | expensive property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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