Test 4 · ★★★ · Friends who get it
In a film, the new kid only makes friends after a big talent show win. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, friends · What happens: make, show, be · To what, where: film, win
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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 film, the new kid only makes friends after a big talent show win.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kid | amod |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 makes | advmod |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 show | nsubj |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 talent | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 talent | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 talent | amod |
| 14 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friends | nmod |
| 15 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 makes | ccomp |
| 16 | win | win | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 show | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the new kid | a film | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | present | friends after a big talent | win | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent win=Recipient |
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 more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Kids can't make friends without being famous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 famous | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 famous | cop |
| 8 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | can | Kids | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product | ||||
| 2 | not is | gerund | friends not said here | famous property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Friends always come after you win something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 win | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 win | nsubj |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | advcl |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Friends | always property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | win | present | you | something | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Small things, like a seat at lunch, make friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 things | amod |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 make | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seat | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 seat | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 seat | det |
| 6 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 things | appos |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 lunch | case |
| 8 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seat | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 things | punct |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | infinitive | Small things | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
Option 4
Only talent shows make friends in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 shows | advmod |
| 2 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | compound |
| 3 | shows | show | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | talent shows | friends | real life | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
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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