Test 7 · ★★★ · Growing apart
In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two best friends, one · What happens: drift apart, have, save, burn, be · To what, where: film, other, burning building, friends
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 464 «Growing apart» 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: In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drift | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 friends | det |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 friends | nummod |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 friends | amod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 drift | nsubj |
| 8 | drift | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 8 drift | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 has | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 has | advmod |
| 12 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 has | nsubj |
| 13 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 drift | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 save | mark |
| 15 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 has | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 other | det |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 save | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 building | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 building | det |
| 20 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 building | amod |
| 21 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 save | obl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 friends | mark |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 friends | cop |
| 24 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 save | advcl |
| 25 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 save | advmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 drift | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift apart | present | the two best friends | a film | apart property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | have | present | one | then | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | save | to-infinitive | one not said here | the other | a burning building | again | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent other=Theme from building=Source | ||
| 4 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | is a | to-infinitive | one not said here | friends | 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: What's more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only a big disaster or a rescue can fix a friendship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 disaster | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 disaster | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 disaster | amod |
| 4 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fix | nsubj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 rescue | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rescue | det |
| 7 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disaster | conj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fix | aux |
| 9 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 friendship | det |
| 11 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fix | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | can | a big disaster or a rescue | a friendship | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Drifted friends can never speak again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drifted | drift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 friends | amod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 speak | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 speak | advmod |
| 5 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 speak | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not speak speech: other | can | Drifted friends | again | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
You need a fire to stay friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 need | xcomp |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | You | a fire | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | a fire not said here | friends | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme friend=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A small chat or a game can bring back a good moment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chat | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chat | amod |
| 3 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bring | nsubj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 game | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chat | conj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 bring | aux |
| 8 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 bring | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 moment | det |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 moment | amod |
| 12 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | can | a small chat or a game | moment | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
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