Test 6 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something
Rafi: «my bad, bro» about the split boot. What would a fair friend do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fair friend · What happens: do
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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: Rafi: «my bad, bro» about the split boot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafi | Rafi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 bad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 bad | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 7 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bad | vocative |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 boot | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boot | det |
| 11 | split | split | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 boot | amod |
| 12 | boot | boot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bro | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What would a fair friend do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friend | amod |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a fair friend | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Offer to fix or help replace it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 fix | mark |
| 3 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Offer | xcomp |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 help | cc |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Offer | conj |
| 6 | replace | replace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 replace | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fix not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | help | infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | replace | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
Option 2
Blame the mud on the pitch for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mud | det |
| 3 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pitch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pitch | det |
| 6 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blame | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the mud | for pitch; for the pitch | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mud=Theme for it=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Say «my bad» and walk off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 bad | punct |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 bad | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 walk | cc |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 walk | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | walk off | infinitive | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Borrow the other boot as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boot | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boot | amod |
| 4 | boot | boot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Borrow | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 1 Borrow | advmod |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | imperative | you not said here | the other boot | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
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