Test 3 · How best friends start
«a best friend has to do everything with you, otherwise what's the point». Is that true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best friend, that · What happens: have, do, be · To what, where: everything, point
This is test 3 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: «a best friend has to do everything with you, otherwise what's the point».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 friend | det |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 friend | amod |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 has | xcomp |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 point | punct |
| 12 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 16 point | advmod |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 point | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 point | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 point | det |
| 16 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 point | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | a best friend | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | a best friend not said here | everything | with you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the point | otherwise 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.
Sentence 2: Is that true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, at least on weekdays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 least | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 least | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 least | case |
| 4 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 weekdays | case |
| 6 | weekdays | weekday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 least | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, or else it's not a real best friend at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 11 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 friend | punct |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 friend | cc |
| 4 | else | else | ADV | _ | 11 friend | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 friend | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 friend | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 friend | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 friend | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 friend | amod |
| 10 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 friend | amod |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 all | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 friend | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | it | a real best friend | all | else property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, best friends never meet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 meet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 meet | punct |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meet | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 meet | advmod |
| 6 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet | present | best friends | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, best friends can have different hobbies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | aux |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hobbies | amod |
| 8 | hobbies | hobby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | can | best friends | different hobbies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hobby=Patient |
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