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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Standing by a friend

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«jake's been a nightmare all week, snapping at everyone». You find out his dad's in hospital. Best idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jake, nightmare, You, dad · **What happens:** be, snap, find out · **To what, where:** nightmare, everyone, hospital · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 370 «Standing by a friend» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/370-standing-by-a-friend/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «jake's been a nightmare all week, snapping at everyone».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:1
# text = «jake's been a nightmare all week, snapping at everyone».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	jake	jake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | jake | a nightmare |  |  | week |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **snap** *in a quote* | gerund | a nightmare *not said here* |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at everyone=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* You find out his dad's in hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:2
# text = You find out his dad's in hospital.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | his dad |  |  | hospital |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Best idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:3
# text = Best idea?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Be a bit kinder and maybe tell a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:o1:1
# text = Be a bit kinder and maybe tell a teacher
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  | maybe *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell everyone in the class about his dad being in hospital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:o2:1
# text = Tell everyone in the class about his dad being in hospital
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | everyone | the class |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | hospital |  | about his dad | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ignore him for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:o3:1
# text = Ignore him for good
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | for good | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snap back at him twice as hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:370-standing-by-a-friend:t7:o4:1
# text = Snap back at him twice as hard
1	Snap	snap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; hard, twice *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |

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**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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