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description: Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car. Why will they pay back more than they borrowed? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

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Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car. Why will they pay back more than they borrowed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents · **What happens:** borrow, buy, pay back · **To what, where:** money, bank, car, more

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:1
# text = Your parents borrow money from a bank to buy a car.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	borrow	borrow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | present | Your parents | money |  | a bank |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from bank=Source |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Your parents *not said here* | a car |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

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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:* Why will they pay back more than they borrowed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:2
# text = Why will they pay back more than they borrowed?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | future | parents *= parent* | more |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset |
| 2 | **borrow** | past | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The bank charges interest on the loan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:o1:1
# text = The bank charges interest on the loan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | present | the bank | interest |  | the loan |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location interest=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car comes with free petrol for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:o2:1
# text = The car comes with free petrol for a year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the car |  |  |  | year | with free petrol | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Banks always make mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:o3:1
# text = Banks always make mistakes
1	Banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Banks | mistakes |  |  |  | always *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car gets more expensive over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t6:o4:1
# text = The car gets more expensive over time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the car |  |  |  | time | expensive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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