--- title: Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. It's been a month, nothin… — Borrowing and debt · tree and pragmatics description: Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. What lesson is this? Test 9 · ★★ 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; Mo --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Borrowing and debt Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. What lesson is this? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, friend, sweets, lesson · **What happens:** lend, be, not talk · **To what, where:** friend, month This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:1 # text = Your sister lent her friend £5 for sweets. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | Your sister | | sister's friend | | | for sweets | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient £=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:* It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:2 # text = It's been a month, nothing back, and now they're not talking. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | friend | a month | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **talk** | present · progressive | sweets *= sweet* | | | | now | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What lesson is this? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:3 # text = What lesson is this? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | lesson | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Lending to friends can cause arguments if not repaid ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:o1:1 # text = Lending to friends can cause arguments if not repaid 1 Lending lend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 arguments argument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 repaid repay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | gerund | | | friends | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient | | 2 | **cause** | can | Lending | arguments | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition argument=Patient | | 3 | **not** **repay** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | Lending *not said here* | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She should charge her friend interest ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:o2:1 # text = She should charge her friend interest 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | should | She | her friend interest | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location interest=Theme | | 2 | **interest** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Friends always pay back twice as much if you wait long enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:o3:1 # text = Friends always pay back twice as much if you wait long enough 1 Friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 enough enough ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay back** | present | Friends | | | | | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | enough, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Never share anything with anyone ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:t9:o4:1 # text = Never share anything with anyone ever 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | anything | | | ever | with anyone | tree rules | **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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