--- title: A boy borrows a friend's comic and spills juice on it. What is honest? — Promises · tree and pragmatics description: A boy borrows a friend's comic and spills juice on it. What is honest? Test 8 · ★ 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Promises A boy borrows a friend's comic and spills juice on it. What is honest? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** borrow, be · **To what, where:** comic spills juice, juice This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy borrows a friend's comic and spills juice on it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:1 # text = A boy borrows a friend's comic and spills juice on it. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 borrows borrow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 comic comic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 spills spill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 compound _ _ 10 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | present | a boy | a friend's comic spills juice | | juice | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=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 is honest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:2 # text = What is honest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tell him it was already like that when he got it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:o1:1 # text = Tell him it was already like that when he got it 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | like that | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | he | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Return it quietly and hope he does not notice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:o2:1 # text = Return it quietly and hope he does not notice 1 Return return 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 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | quietly *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **hope** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **notice** | present · do-support | he | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell his friend and offer to replace it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:o3:1 # text = Tell his friend and offer to replace it 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 replace replace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | his friend | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 2 | **offer** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **replace** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | friend | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Keep it and say that he lost it on the bus ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t8:o4:1 # text = Keep it and say that he lost it on the bus 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lose** | past | he | it | | the bus | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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