Test 6 · ★★★ · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

Older kid in the playground: "lend us a quid, I'll give you two back tomorrow, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) What's most likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Deffo · What happens: lend, give back, mean, be · To what, where: quid, us, two, you

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money 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: Older kid in the playground: "lend us a quid, I'll give you two back tomorrow, deffo."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 playground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 playground	det
5	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 lend	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 lend	punct
8	lend	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kid	parataxis
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 lend	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 quid	det
11	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lend	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 give	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 give	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 give	aux
15	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 lend	conj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 give	iobj
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 give	obj
18	back	back	ADV	_	15 give	advmod
19	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 give	obl:unmarked
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 deffo	punct
21	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tomorrow	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kid	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend in a quote	infinitive		a quid	us				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient quid=Theme
2	give back in a quote	future	I	two	you		tomorrow		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient two=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: ("Deffo" means definitely.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Deffo	punct
3	Deffo	Deffo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Deffo	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Deffo					definitely property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's most likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	1 What	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present						likely property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You won't see it again; say no and tell a grown-up

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 see	parataxis
9	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 say	discourse
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 say	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 up	det
13	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 up	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 up	punct
15	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not see	future	You	it	again	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a grown up		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient

Option 2

You'll get £2 back for sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	£	£	SYM	_	3 get	obj
5	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 get	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 sure	case
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	future	You					for sure	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent £=Theme for sure=Source

Option 3

He'll pay you in sweets instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pay	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pay	aux
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pay	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sweets	case
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pay	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	future	He	you		sweets		instead property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset

Option 4

You'll get £1.50 back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	£	£	SYM	_	3 get	obj
5	1.50	1.50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Frac	4 £	nummod
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	future	You						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus

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