Exam question 3 · What a real friend is

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendships maintained across great distances.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, maintain · To what, where: response, concerning friendships

This is exam question 3 of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 friendships	amod
10	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 friendships	acl
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 distances	case
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 distances	amod
14	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 maintained	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	maintain	participle		concerning friendships not said here	across great distances	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They may endure where regular contact and small customs are maintained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 endure	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 endure	aux
3	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 maintained	advmod
5	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 contact	amod
6	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 maintained	nsubj:pass
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 customs	cc
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 customs	amod
9	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 contact	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 maintained	aux:pass
11	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 endure	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endure	may	They						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	maintain	present · passive		regular contact and small customs					vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They necessarily terminate upon relocation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 terminate	nsubj
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	3 terminate	advmod
3	terminate	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 relocation	case
5	relocation	relocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terminate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present	They					upon relocation; necessarily property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

They are not genuine friendships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 friendships	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friendships	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 friendships	advmod
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friendships	amod
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	They	genuine friendships					tree rules

Option 4

They require that both parties reside in one town and attend one school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 require	nsubj
2	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 reside	mark
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 parties	det
5	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reside	nsubj
6	reside	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 require	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 town	nummod
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reside	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 attend	cc
11	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 require	conj
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 school	nummod
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	require	present	They			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	reside	present	both parties		one town	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location
3	attend	infinitive	They not said here	one school		vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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