Test 11 · ★★ · Saving up for a game

Freya's bro says "just borrow a fiver off Mum, duh." If she does, what happens?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: say, borrow, do, happen · To what, where: fiver · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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: Freya's bro says "just borrow a fiver off Mum, duh."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bro	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Freya	case
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 borrow	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 borrow	advmod
7	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fiver	det
9	fiver	fiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 borrow	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	11 Mum	case
11	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 borrow	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 borrow	punct
13	duh	duh	INTJ	_	7 borrow	discourse
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 borrow	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 borrow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Freya's bro						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	borrow in a quote	infinitive		a fiver				off Mum	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=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: If she does, what happens?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 does	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 happens	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 happens	nsubj
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do a condition, not said to happen	present	bro						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

She gets £5 free forever and never has to pay it back

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	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	£	£	SYM	_	2 gets	obj
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 £	nummod
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gets	xcomp
6	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 free	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 has	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 has	advmod
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 pay	mark
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 has	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pay	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	present	She		free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus
2	not have	present	She not said here			tree rules
3	pay back	to-infinitive	She not said here	it		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset

Option 2

The Lego becomes £5 cheaper because Mum helped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lego	det
2	Lego	Lego	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	£	£	SYM	_	3 becomes	xcomp
5	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 £	advmod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 helped	mark
8	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 helped	nsubj
9	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 becomes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the Lego						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	help	past	Mum						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She owes Mum £5, which is a debt to pay back

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	2 owes	nsubj
2	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 owes	obj
4	£	£	SYM	_	10 debt	compound
5	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 debt	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 debt	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 debt	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 debt	det
10	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owes	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pay	mark
12	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 owes	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	owe	present	She	Mum	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent mum=Theme
2	is a	present		a £ debt	tree rules
3	pay back	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Mum pays the shop and Freya gets the change to keep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pays	nsubj
2	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shop	det
4	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pays	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gets	cc
6	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pays	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 change	det
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 gets	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pay	present	Mum	the shop	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Asset
2	get	present	Freya	the change	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus
3	keep	to-infinitive	Freya not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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