Test 3 · ★★★ · What a real friend is
«If you don't like someone you have to be horrible to them». True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not like, have, be · To what, where: someone, them
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: «If you don't like someone you have to be horrible to them».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 like | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 like | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 like | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 like | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 like | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 someone | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 horrible | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 horrible | cop |
| 12 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 have | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 horrible | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like in a quote | present · do-support | you | someone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | horrible property | 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, you can respect someone without being friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 respect | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 respect | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 respect | aux |
| 5 | respect | respect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 respect | obj |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 friends | cop |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 respect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | respect | can | you | someone | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | without friends | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it's only fair to treat them the same way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 fair | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fair | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fair | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 fair | advmod |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 treat | mark |
| 8 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fair | csubj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 treat | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 way | amod |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 treat | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | treat | to-infinitive | them = they | the same way obl:unmarked | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 3
No, you must be best friends instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 friends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 friends | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 friends | cop |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 friends | amod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 7 friends | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | you | best friends | instead property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, so they know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 know | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 5 | know | know | 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 | know | present | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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