Test 8 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find
A friend lent you a game and asked for it back on Friday. What shows respect?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: lend, ask back, show · To what, where: game, you, respect
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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: A friend lent you a game and asked for it back on Friday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lent | nsubj |
| 3 | lent | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 lent | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lent | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 asked | cc |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lent | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | obl |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 asked | advmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 Friday | case |
| 13 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 asked | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | past | a friend | a game | you | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient game=Theme | |||
| 2 | ask back speech: ask | past | a friend not said here | friday | for friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What shows respect?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | respect | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Returning it some time next month instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Returning | obj |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Returning | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 month | amod |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Returning | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Returning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | gerund | it | month; time | instead property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Keeping it until you finish the game yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 finish | nsubj |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keeping | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 game | det |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finish | obj |
| 8 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 finish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | finish | present | you | the game | tree rules |
Option 3
Lending it to your cousin for the weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lending | lend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lending | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 cousin | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lending | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 weekend | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 weekend | det |
| 8 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | gerund | it | your cousin | weekend | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to cousin=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Returning it on Friday in good condition
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Returning | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Friday | case |
| 4 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Returning | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 condition | case |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 condition | amod |
| 7 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Returning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | gerund | it | good condition | friday | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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