--- title: What would probably happen if Connor's mum kept lending Sharon money? — Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from… · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if Connor's mum kept lending Sharon money? Test 9 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/t9/) [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/) / [Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/) / t9 # Test 9 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work What would probably happen if Connor's mum kept lending Sharon money? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** happen, keep, lend · **To what, where:** Sharon money This is test 9 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t9:1 # text = What would probably happen if Connor's mum kept lending Sharon money? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 Connor Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 lending lend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 Sharon Sharon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Connor's mum | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lend** | gerund | Connor's mum *not said here* | Sharon money | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing at all would change for either of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t9:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all would change for either of them 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for either | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Sharon would turn into a better, kinder friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t9:o2:1 # text = Sharon would turn into a better, kinder friend 1 Sharon Sharon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | Sharon | | | | | into a better kinder friend *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into friend=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sharon would pay it all back at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t9:o3:1 # text = Sharon would pay it all back at once 1 Sharon Sharon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay back** | would | Sharon | it | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She'd keep losing money to a one-way friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t9:o4:1 # text = She'd keep losing money to a one-way friend 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | She *not said here* | money | | | | to a way friend | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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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