--- title: borrowed jo's book, i got jam on it, oops — Promises · tree and pragmatics description: borrowed jo's book, i got jam on it, oops Test 11 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» of the everyday 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/everyday/199-promises/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Promises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/199-promises/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Promises borrowed jo's book, i got jam on it, oops **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** book · **What happens:** borrow, get · **To what, where:** jam This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» of the everyday 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/everyday/199-promises/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t11:1 # text = borrowed jo's book, i got jam on it, oops 1 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 jo jo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 oops oop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | past | borrowed jo's book | jam | | jam | | oops *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jam=Theme on it=Source | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Own up and offer to fix or replace it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t11:o1:1 # text = Own up and offer to fix or replace it 1 Own own VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 replace replace VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **offer** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **replace** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep it so she forgets ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t11:o2:1 # text = Keep it so she forgets 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 forgets forget VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | present | she | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Give it back and say nothing, she may not even see the jam ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t11:o3:1 # text = Give it back and say nothing, she may not even see the jam 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 jam jam NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 3 | **not** **see** | may | she | the jam | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jam=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say it was like that already ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t11:o4:1 # text = Say it was like that already 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 6 already already ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | like that | 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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