Test 10 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work
In a sitcom, grown-ups seem to have no real friends, just neighbours to argue with. What's true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grown ups · What happens: grow, seem, have, argue, be · To what, where: sitcom, real friends, real life
This is test 10 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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 sitcom, grown-ups seem to have no real friends, just neighbours to argue with.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sitcom | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sitcom | det |
| 3 | sitcom | sitcom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seem | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sitcom | punct |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 grown | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 seem | nsubj |
| 8 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 have | mark |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 seem | xcomp |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 friends | det |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 friends | amod |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 neighbours | punct |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 neighbours | advmod |
| 16 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 friends | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 argue | mark |
| 18 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 friends | acl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 argue | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 seem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | seem | present | grown ups | a sitcom | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | have | to-infinitive | grown ups not said here | no real friends and neighbours | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | ||||
| 4 | argue speech: disagree | to-infinitive | grown ups not said here | no real friends and neighbours not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: What's true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups need and keep real friends too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 keep | cc |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | conj |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 friends | amod |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 keep | obj |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | need | present | Grown ups | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | keep | present | Grown ups not said here | real friends | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Option 2
Grown-up friends never last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 friends | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 up | punct |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Grown | compound:prt |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 last | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 last | advmod |
| 6 | last | last | 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 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not last | present | Grown friends | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Grown-ups don't need friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 need | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 need | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 need | advmod |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not need | present · do-support | Grown ups | friends | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme |
Option 4
Only children ever have real best friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 children | advmod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 friends | amod |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 friends | amod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | children | real best friends | ever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |
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