Test 8 · ★ · The fake friend online

What would happen if Ruby added the «cousin's friend» without checking?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: happen, add, check · To what, where: friend

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 added	mark
5	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 added	nsubj
6	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 friend	det
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 friend	punct
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 friend	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 cousin	case
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 added	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 checking	mark
14	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	add speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	Ruby	cousin's friend	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	check	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

She'd get a free prize

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prize	det
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 prize	amod
6	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	She	a free prize					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her cousin would be cross with her for a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cross	cop
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cross	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	Her cousin				day	with her = she; cross property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A stranger would be in her friends list

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 list	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 list	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 list	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 list	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 list	nmod:poss
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 list	compound
8	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	a stranger			her friends list			tree rules

Option 4

Nothing could happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	could	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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