--- title: A girl lends her friend her whole $50 savings, and the friend loses… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics description: A girl lends her friend her whole $50 savings, and the friend loses it. What lesson does this show? 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What lesson does this show? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, friend, lesson · **What happens:** lend, lose, save, show · **To what, where:** whole $ 50 savings, friend, it This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» 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/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl lends her friend her whole $50 savings, and the friend loses it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:1 # text = A girl lends her friend her whole $50 savings, and the friend loses it. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lends lend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ 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 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 $ $ SYM $ _ 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | present | a girl | girl's whole $ 50 savings | girl's friend | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient savings=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | present | the friend | it | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **save** | | girl | | | | | | nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 lesson does this show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:2 # text = What lesson does this show? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | what lesson | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Lending money to friends always ends friendships ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:o1:1 # text = Lending money to friends always ends friendships 1 Lending lend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 friendships friendship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | gerund | | money | friends | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to friend=Recipient | | 2 | **end** | present | Lending | friendships | | | | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Lend only what you can afford to lose ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:o2:1 # text = Lend only what you can afford to lose 1 Lend lend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **afford** | can | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lose** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Always lend everything you have to friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:o3:1 # text = Always lend everything you have to friends 1 Always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 2 lend lend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | imperative | you *not said here* | everything | | | | always *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | you | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Friends never lose or spend money they borrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t4:o4:1 # text = Friends never lose or spend money they borrow 1 Friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 spend spend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 borrow borrow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **lose** | present | Friends | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spend** | present | Friends *not said here* | money | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | | 3 | **borrow** | present | Friends *= friend* | money *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | **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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