Test 11 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again
In a cartoon, the new kid gets a best friend in the first five minutes. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid · What happens: get, be · To what, where: best friend, cartoon
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection 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 cartoon, the new kid gets a best friend in the first five minutes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | 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 | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 friend | det |
| 10 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 friend | amod |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 minutes | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 minutes | det |
| 14 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 16 minutes | amod |
| 15 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 minutes | nummod |
| 16 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gets | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the new kid | a best friend | a cartoon | minute | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |
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
Friends only come if you're the best at something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 best | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 best | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 best | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 best | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 come | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Friends | something | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at something=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | good property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Friendships often take weeks or months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 months | cc |
| 6 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 weeks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Friendships | week | often property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Real new kids never make any friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 make | advmod |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 friends | det |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present | Real new kids | any friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Real new kids always find friends in five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 minutes | case |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | Real new kids | friends | minute | always property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |
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