--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the borrowing of an article? Exam question 2 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/e2/) [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 to family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Promises to family Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the borrowing of an article? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** borrowing This is exam question 2 of lesson 358 «Promises to family» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the borrowing of an article? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 borrowing borrowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the borrowing of a article | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It entitles the borrower to retain the article indefinitely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e2:o1:1 # text = It entitles the borrower to retain the article indefinitely 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 entitles entitle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 borrower borrower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 indefinitely indefinitely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entitle** | present | It | the borrower | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | | the article | | | | indefinitely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It imposes no obligation upon the borrower ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e2:o2:1 # text = It imposes no obligation upon the borrower 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 imposes impose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 obligation obligation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 borrower borrower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | present | It | no obligation | | | | upon the borrower | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It transfers ownership after one week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e2:o3:1 # text = It transfers ownership after one week 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 transfers transfer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ownership ownership NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transfer** | present | It | ownership | | | week | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ownership=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It entails an undertaking to return the article ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:e2:o4:1 # text = It entails an undertaking to return the article 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 entails entail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entail** | present | It | a undertaking | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | | the article | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=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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