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Test 2 · How best friends start

Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol». Should they quit the team?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, they · What happens: be, quit · To what, where: trash, footy, team

This is test 2 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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

Sentence 1: Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Raj	raj	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Raj	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 trash	punct
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 trash	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trash	cop
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 trash	det
7	trash	trash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Raj	appos
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 footy	case
9	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trash	nmod
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 trash	discourse
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 trash	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Raj	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	we	both trash		footy			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.

Sentence 2: Should they quit the team?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 quit	aux
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quit	nsubj
3	quit	quit	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 team	det
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quit	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 quit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quit	should	they	the team					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Source

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, being rubbish together can be how friends are made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 rubbish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 rubbish	cop
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj:pass
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 rubbish	advmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	aux:pass
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 made	advmod
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 made	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund		rubbish				together property	tree rules
2	make	can · passive		rubbish					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because only good players ever make friends on a team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 make	mark
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 good	advmod
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 players	amod
6	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	nsubj
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 make	advmod
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 team	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 team	det
12	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	good players	friends		a team	ever		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product

Option 3

Yes, they'll never get picked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 picked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 picked	nsubj:pass
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 picked	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 picked	advmod
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 picked	aux:pass
7	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	future · passive		they					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

No, they should cheat to win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 cheat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cheat	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cheat	aux
5	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cheat	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	should	they						tree rules
2	win	to-infinitive	they not said here						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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