Test 12 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…

so what's the big lesson in the whole thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big lesson, whole thing

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» of the books 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	6 lesson	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 lesson	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lesson	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lesson	amod
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 thing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lesson	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the big lesson		the whole thing			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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

a real friend shares the small piece and gives the bigger one away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shares	nsubj
4	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 piece	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 piece	amod
7	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shares	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gives	cc
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shares	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	9 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	a real friend	the small piece					tree rules
2	give	present	a real friend not said here	the bigger one				away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a real friend shares the small piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shares	nsubj
4	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 piece	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 piece	amod
7	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shares	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	a real friend	the small piece					tree rules

Option 3

always take the bigger piece for yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 piece	det
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 yourself	case
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the bigger piece				for yourself; always property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent piece=Theme for yourself=Beneficiary

Option 4

a real friend is someone who shares the small piece of apple with you for the whole trip

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 someone	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 someone	cop
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 shares	nsubj
7	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 someone	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 piece	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 piece	amod
10	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shares	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 apple	case
12	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 piece	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 shares	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 trip	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 trip	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 trip	amod
18	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a real friend	someone					tree rules
2	share	present		the small piece of apple				with you; for the whole trip	tree rules

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