--- title: Identify the principal flaw in an attempt to secure friendship by th… — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal flaw in an attempt to secure friendship by the daily purchase of confectionery for others. Exam question 1 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/461-how-best-friends-start/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [How best friends start](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/461-how-best-friends-start/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · How best friends start Identify the principal flaw in an attempt to secure friendship by the daily purchase of confectionery for others. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, secure, purchase · **To what, where:** principal flaw, attempt, friendship, confectionery This is exam question 1 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/461-how-best-friends-start/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal flaw in an attempt to secure friendship by the daily purchase of confectionery for others. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 flaw flaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 10 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 confectionery confectionery NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal flaw | | a attempt | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent flaw=Theme | | 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | friendship | | | | by the daily purchase of confectionery; for others | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition friendship=Theme for other=Beneficiary | | 3 | **purchase** | | | confectionery | | | | | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The recipients must reciprocate in equal measure ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e1:o1:1 # text = The recipients must reciprocate in equal measure 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 recipients recipient NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reciprocate reciprocate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reciprocate** | must | the recipients | | | equal measure | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Friendship can only be purchased with crisps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e1:o2:1 # text = Friendship can only be purchased with crisps 1 Friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 purchased purchase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 crisps crisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purchase** | can · passive | | Friendship | | | | with crisps | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The resulting attachment ceases when the gifts cease ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e1:o3:1 # text = The resulting attachment ceases when the gifts cease 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 resulting result VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 3 attachment attachment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ceases cease NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **result** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cease** | present | the gifts | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Confectionery is too costly for most pupils ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e1:o4:1 # text = Confectionery is too costly for most pupils 1 Confectionery confectionery NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 pupils pupil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Confectionery | | | | | for most pupils; costly *property* | tree rules | **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. 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