Test 1 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something
«u never lend me stuff, ur well tight». Is it wrong to say no to lending?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, it · What happens: not lend, be, say · To what, where: stuff, me, no, lending · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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: «u never lend me stuff, ur well tight».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lend | punct |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 lend | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 lend | advmod |
| 4 | lend | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 lend | iobj |
| 6 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lend | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tight | punct |
| 8 | ur | ur | ADV | _ | 10 tight | advmod |
| 9 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 tight | advmod |
| 10 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lend | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 tight | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lend in a quote | present | u | stuff | me | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient stuff=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: Is it wrong to say no to lending?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wrong | csubj |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lending | case |
| 8 | lending | lending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | no | lending | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to lending=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Yes, friends must lend everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 lend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lend | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 lend | aux |
| 5 | lend | lend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 lend | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | must | friends | everything | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
Option 2
No, but you must give it away instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 give | cc |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 give | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 give | aux |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 give | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | must | you | it | away, instead property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, you can say no, and real friends pay back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pay | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pay | cc |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 friends | amod |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 pay | nsubj |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | parataxis |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pay back | present | real friends | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, saying no is rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 rude | csubj |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 saying | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rude | cop |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | present | saying | rude property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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