Test 2 · ★★ · Borrowing without asking
«mate it's only borrowin, I'll put it back» – about a classmate's calculator, without asking. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, I · What happens: be, put back, ask · To what, where: borrowin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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: «mate it's only borrowin, I'll put it back» – about a classmate's calculator, without asking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | vocative |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 borrowin | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 borrowin | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 borrowin | advmod |
| 6 | borrowin | borrowin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mate | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 put | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 put | aux |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 put | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 put | advmod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| 14 | – | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| 15 | about | about | ADV | _ | 19 calculator | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 classmate | det |
| 17 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 calculator | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 classmate | case |
| 19 | calculator | calculator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 asking | punct |
| 21 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 22 asking | mark |
| 22 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 put | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | borrowin | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put back in a quote | future | I | borrowin | mate and borrowin vocative; a classmate's calculator obl | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | I not said here | 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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's fine for one lesson
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 lesson | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 lesson | nummod |
| 6 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for one lesson; fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's fine between classmates
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 classmates | case |
| 5 | classmates | classmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | between classmates; fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's fine if he puts it back after the lesson
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 puts | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 puts | nsubj |
| 6 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 puts | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 puts | advmod |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 lesson | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lesson | det |
| 11 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put back a condition, not said to happen | present | he | it | after the lesson | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Without asking, it's taking, not borrowing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | SCONJ | _ | 2 asking | mark |
| 2 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 taking | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asking | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 taking | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 taking | aux |
| 6 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 borrowing | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 borrowing | advmod |
| 9 | borrowing | borrow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 taking | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | take | present · progressive | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not borrow | gerund | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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