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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.

punctvocativensubjcopadvmodconjpunctnsubjauxobjadvmodpunctpunctadvmoddetnmod:posscaseoblpunctmarkconjpunctroot«PUNCTmateNOUNitPRON'sAUXonlyADVborrowinNOUN,PUNCTIPRON'llAUXputVERBitPRONbackADV»PUNCT–PUNCTaboutADVaDETclassmateNOUN'sPARTcalculatorNOUN,PUNCTwithoutSCONJaskingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_10 putpunct
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing10 putvocative
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 borrowinnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 borrowincop
5onlyonlyADV_6 borrowinadvmod
6borrowinborrowinNOUNNumber=Sing2 mateconj
7,,PUNCT_2 matepunct
8IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 putnsubj
9'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin10 putaux
10putputVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
11ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 putobj
12backbackADV_10 putadvmod
13»»PUNCT_10 putpunct
14–-PUNCT_10 putpunct
15aboutaboutADV_19 calculatoradvmod
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 classmatedet
17classmateclassmateNOUNNumber=Sing19 calculatornmod:poss
18's'sPART_17 classmatecase
19calculatorcalculatorNOUNNumber=Sing10 putobl
20,,PUNCT_22 askingpunct
21withoutwithoutSCONJ_22 askingmark
22askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 putconj
23..PUNCT_10 putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentitborrowintree rules
2put back in a quotefutureIborrowinmate and borrowin vocative; a classmate's calculator oblvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
3ask speech: askgerundI not said herevn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's fine for one lesson

explcopcasenummodoblrootItPRON'sAUXfineADJforADPoneNUMlessonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4forforADP_6 lessoncase
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 lessonnummod
6lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing3 fineobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfor one lesson; fine propertytree rules

Option 2

It's fine between classmates

explcopcaseoblrootItPRON'sAUXfineADJbetweenADPclassmatesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4betweenbetweenADP_5 classmatescase
5classmatesclassmateNOUNNumber=Plur3 fineobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentbetween classmates; fine propertytree rules

Option 3

It's fine if he puts it back after the lesson

explcopmarknsubjadvclobjadvmodcasedetoblrootItPRON'sAUXfineADJifSCONJhePRONputsVERBitPRONbackADVafterADPtheDETlessonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4ififSCONJ_6 putsmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 putsnsubj
6putsputVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 fineadvcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 putsobj
8backbackADV_6 putsadvmod
9afterafterADP_11 lessoncase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 lessondet
11lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing6 putsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfine propertytree rules
2put back a condition, not said to happenpresentheitafter the lessonvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Without asking, it's taking, not borrowing

markadvclpunctnsubjauxpunctadvmodconjrootWithoutSCONJaskingVERB,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXtakingVERB,PUNCTnotPARTborrowingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WithoutwithoutSCONJ_2 askingmark
2askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 takingadvcl
3,,PUNCT_2 askingpunct
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 takingnsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 takingaux
6takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 borrowingpunct
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 borrowingadvmod
9borrowingborrowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 takingconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askgerundvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2takepresent · progressiveitvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3not borrowgerundvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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