--- title: Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." What does he me… — Borrowing and debt · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." What does he mean? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Borrowing and debt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Borrowing and debt Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." What does he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** grow, mean · **To what, where:** same way This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:1 # text = Grandad: "Savings and debts grow the same way, kid." 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 7 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | Grandad | the same way and kid | | | | | 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 does he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:2 # text = What does he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Grandad | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Debts shrink while savings grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:o1:1 # text = Debts shrink while savings grow 1 Debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shrink shrink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrink** | present | Debts | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **grow** | present | savings | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Interest is only paid on savings ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:o2:1 # text = Interest is only paid on savings 1 Interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present · passive | | Interest | | savings | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Interest builds up on both over time ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:o3:1 # text = Interest builds up on both over time 1 Interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 both both ADV RB _ 2 obl _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build up** | present | Interest | | | | time | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Savings grow only if you have no debts ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t11:o4:1 # text = Savings grow only if you have no debts 1 Savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Savings | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | no debts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Patient | **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. 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