Test 7 · ★★★ · What a bank does with your money and why banks lend
In a cartoon, a bank lends to everyone without asking any questions, and the bank grows richer every day. What would really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bank · What happens: lend, ask, grow, happen · To what, where: everyone, cartoon, questions
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «What a bank does with your money and why banks lend» 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: In a cartoon, a bank lends to everyone without asking any questions, and the bank grows richer every day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lends | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bank | det |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lends | nsubj |
| 7 | lends | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 lends | obl |
| 10 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 11 asking | mark |
| 11 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 lends | advcl |
| 12 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 questions | det |
| 13 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 asking | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 grows | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 grows | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bank | det |
| 17 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 grows | nsubj |
| 18 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lends | conj |
| 19 | richer | rich | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 grows | xcomp |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 day | det |
| 21 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 grows | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | present | a bank | everyone | a cartoon | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a bank not said here | any questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | grow | present | the bank | day | rich property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: What would really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some couldn't pay back, and the bank could lose lots of money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 pay | advmod |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lose | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lose | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bank | det |
| 9 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lose | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 lose | aux |
| 11 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pay | conj |
| 12 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lose | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 money | case |
| 14 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pay back | could | Some | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lose | could | the bank | lots of money | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality |
Option 2
The bank would run out of loans but not money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bank | det |
| 2 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 loans | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 loans | case |
| 7 | loans | loan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | obl |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 money | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 money | advmod |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loans | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | would | the bank | loans but money | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out loan=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nothing, because unpaid loans cost banks nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cost | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 cost | mark |
| 4 | unpaid | unpaid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 loans | amod |
| 5 | loans | loan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cost | nsubj |
| 6 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 7 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cost | obj |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 cost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | unpaid loans | banks | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme bank=Beneficiary nothing=Value |
Option 4
Everyone would always pay back on time, so it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 pay | advmod |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pay | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fine | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 fine | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fine | expl |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fine | cop |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | would | Everyone | time | always property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | Everyone not said here | fine property | tree rules |
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