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Test 10 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over." Is that true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, you, that · What happens: say, forget, be · To what, where: birthday · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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: A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 done	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 done	punct
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 forget	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 forget	nsubj
11	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 done	advcl
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mate	nmod:poss
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 mate	amod
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 birthday	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 mate	case
16	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forget	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 forget	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 done	nsubj
19	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 done	cop
20	done	done	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 friendship	punct
22	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 done	conj
23	over	over	ADV	_	22 friendship	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 done	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid on the bus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	forget a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	your best mate's birthday					tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	you					done 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: Is that true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, because birthdays don't matter to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 matter	mark
4	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 matter	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 anyone	case
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	birthdays					to anyone	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; a quick sorry and something special fixes most of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 fixes	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sorry	det
4	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sorry	amod
5	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fixes	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 something	cc
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sorry	conj
8	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 fixes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present	a quick sorry	most of it					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent most=Patient

Option 3

Yes; forgetting once always ends a friendship forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 forgetting	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ends	csubj
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 forgetting	advmod
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 ends	advmod
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friendship	det
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ends	obj
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 ends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	gerund						once property	tree rules
2	end	present	forgetting	a friendship				always, forever property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, unless you buy a really expensive present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 buy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 buy	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 buy	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 buy	nsubj
5	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 present	det
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 expensive	advmod
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 present	amod
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	you	a expensive present					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme

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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