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title: your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" wr… — Good manners on buses and trains, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it. Lucy's in your class. what's right? Test 21 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 21 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

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your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it. Lucy's in your class. what's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Lucy · **What happens:** borrow, give back, write, be · **To what, where:** pen, ❤ ️ Lucy

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This is test 21 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/#t21).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:1
# text = your friend borrowed your pen and gave it back with "Ben ❤️ Lucy" written on it.
1	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
13	❤	❤	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	️	️	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | past | your friend | your pen |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme |
| 2 | **give back** | past | your friend *not said here* | pen |  |  |  | with ❤ ️ Lucy | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **write** | participle |  | ❤ ️ Lucy *not said here* |  |  |  | on friend | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Lucy's in your class. what's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:2
# text = Lucy's in your class. what's right?
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lucy in your class |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give the pen to Ben's mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:o1:1
# text = Give the pen to Ben's mum
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pen | Ben's mum |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pen=Theme to mum=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Show it to Lucy and the class at break

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:o2:1
# text = Show it to Lucy and the class at break
1	Show	show	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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | Lucy and the class | break |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to lucy=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Write a mean word next to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:o3:1
# text = Write a mean word next to it
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | a mean word | word |  |  | next *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to it=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Rub it off and don't spread it, it's their private business

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t21:o4:1
# text = Rub it off and don't spread it, it's their private business
1	Rub	rub	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	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	spread	spread	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | their private business |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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