Test 1 · ★★★ · What a real friend is
«a real mate is someone who's got the best skins and buys you stuff». Right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: real mate · What happens: be, get, buy · To what, where: someone, best skins, stuff, you
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» 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 real mate is someone who's got the best skins and buys you stuff».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 someone | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mate | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mate | amod |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 someone | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 someone | cop |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 someone | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 skins | det |
| 11 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 skins | amod |
| 12 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 got | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 buys | cc |
| 14 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | conj |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 buys | obj |
| 16 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 buys | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 buys | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 someone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a real mate | someone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | the best skins | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | buy in a quote | present | stuff | you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary stuff=Theme |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, gifts prove friendship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 prove | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prove | nsubj |
| 4 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prove | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | gifts | friendship | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |
Option 2
No, real friends have no skins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 skins | det |
| 7 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | real friends | no skins | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, if the skins are rare and cost loads of money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 rare | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 rare | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 skins | det |
| 5 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rare | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rare | cop |
| 7 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 loads | amod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cost | cc |
| 9 | cost | cost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rare | conj |
| 10 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 money | case |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loads | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the skins | rare property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the skins not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a real friend turns up and keeps secrets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 turns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friend | amod |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 turns | nsubj |
| 6 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 turns | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 keeps | cc |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 turns | conj |
| 10 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 keeps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | present | a real friend | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | a real friend not said here | secrets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme |
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