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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».

punctnsubjadvmodiobjobjpunctadvmodadvmodconjpunctpunctroot«PUNCTuPRONneverADVlendVERBmePRONstuffNOUN,PUNCTurADVwellADVtightADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_4 lendpunct
2uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 lendnsubj
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 lendadvmod
4lendlendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 lendiobj
6stuffstuffNOUNNumber=Sing4 lendobj
7,,PUNCT_10 tightpunct
8ururADV_10 tightadvmod
9wellwellADVDegree=Pos10 tightadvmod
10tighttightADJDegree=Pos4 lendconj
11»»PUNCT_10 tightpunct
12..PUNCT_4 lendpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not lend in a quotepresentustuffmevn 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?

copnsubjmarkcsubjobjcaseoblpunctrootIsAUXitPRONwrongADJtoPARTsayVERBnoDETtoADPlendingNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 wrongnsubj
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4totoPART_5 saymark
5saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf3 wrongcsubj
6nonoDETPronType=Neg5 sayobj
7totoADP_8 lendingcase
8lendinglendingNOUNNumber=Sing5 sayobl
9??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentitwrong propertytree rules
2say speech: assertto-infinitivenolendingvn 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

discoursepunctnsubjauxobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTfriendsNOUNmustAUXlendVERBeverythingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 lenddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur5 lendnsubj
4mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin5 lendaux
5lendlendVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot5 lendobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lendmustfriendseverythingvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme

Option 2

No, but you must give it away instead

discoursepunctccnsubjauxobjadvmodadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJyouPRONmustAUXgiveVERBitPRONawayADVinsteadADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 givediscourse
2,,PUNCT_6 givepunct
3butbutCCONJ_6 givecc
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 givensubj
5mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin6 giveaux
6givegiveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 giveobj
8awayawayADV_6 giveadvmod
9insteadinsteadADV_6 giveadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give awaymustyouitaway, instead propertyvn 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

discoursepunctnsubjauxdiscoursepunctccamodnsubjparataxisadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTyouPRONcanAUXsayVERBnoINTJ,PUNCTandCCONJrealADJfriendsNOUNpayVERBbackADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 saydiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 saynsubj
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 sayaux
5saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6nonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 saydiscourse
7,,PUNCT_11 paypunct
8andandCCONJ_11 paycc
9realrealADJDegree=Pos10 friendsamod
10friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur11 paynsubj
11paypayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayparataxis
12backbackADV_11 payadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertcanyouvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2pay backpresentreal friendsvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, saying no is rude

discoursepunctcsubjobjcoprootYesINTJ,PUNCTsayingVERBnoDETisAUXrudeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos3 sayingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 rudecsubj
4nonoDETPronType=Neg3 sayingobj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 rudecop
6ruderudeADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundnovn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic
2ispresentsayingrude propertytree rules

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