--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pursuit of differing hobbies by two close friends? Exam question 2 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; M --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · How best friends start Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pursuit of differing hobbies by two close friends? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pursuit · **What happens:** follow, characteris, differ · **To what, where:** pursuit, hobbies This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pursuit of differing hobbies by two close friends? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 differing differ VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 hobbies hobby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the pursuit | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **differ** | gerund | the pursuit *not said here* | hobbies | | | | by two close friends | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is compatible with an enduring friendship ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e2:o1:1 # text = It is compatible with an enduring friendship 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 compatible compatible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 enduring endure VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | with a enduring friendship; compatible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **endure** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It necessarily terminates the friendship at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e2:o2:1 # text = It necessarily terminates the friendship at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 necessarily necessarily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 terminates terminate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terminate** | present | It | the friendship | | | | necessarily *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is permissible only on weekends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e2:o3:1 # text = It is permissible only on weekends 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 permissible permissible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | weekend | permissible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It requires the consent of both parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e2:o4:1 # text = It requires the consent of both parents 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present | It | the consent of both parents | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme consent=Precondition | | 2 | **consent** | | | both parents | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient | **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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