Test 4 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
«borrow ur gift card? I'll pay u back, promise». Ruby?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: borrow, pay back · To what, where: gift card, u
This is test 4 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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: «borrow ur gift card?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 borrow | punct |
| 2 | borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 card | nmod:poss |
| 4 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 card | compound |
| 5 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 borrow | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 borrow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow in a quote | imperative | you not said here | ur's gift card | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=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: I'll pay u back, promise».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pay | aux |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 pay | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 pay | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 promise | punct |
| 7 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | parataxis |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 promise | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | future | I | u | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset |
Sentence 3: Ruby?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lend it only if he begs twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lend | lend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lend | obj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 begs | advmod |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 begs | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 begs | nsubj |
| 6 | begs | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lend | advcl |
| 7 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 begs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | imperative | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request a condition, not said to happen | present | he | twice property | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Give the code and forget it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 code | det |
| 3 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 forget | cc |
| 5 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 forget | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the code | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Theme | ||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | you not said here | code | tree rules |
Option 3
She must lend it, or she'll lose the friend for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lend | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 lend | aux |
| 3 | lend | lend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lend | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 lose | cc |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lose | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 lose | aux |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lend | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 friend | det |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 good | case |
| 13 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | must | She | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | future | she | the friend | for good | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A kind no is fine if the rules aren't clear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 no | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 no | amod |
| 3 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 clear | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rules | det |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 clear | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 clear | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 clear | advmod |
| 11 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a kind no | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a condition, not said to happen | present | the rules | clear property | tree rules |
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