--- title: Given that two close friends are assigned to separate classes, ascer… — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics description: Given that two close friends are assigned to separate classes, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship. Exam question 3 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 op --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · How best friends start Given that two close friends are assigned to separate classes, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, assign, separate, ascertain, preserve · **To what, where:** two close friends, classes, course, friendship This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e3:1 # text = Given that two close friends are assigned to separate classes, ascertain the course most likely to preserve their friendship. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **assign** | present · passive | | two close friends | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **separate** | to-infinitive | | classes | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | | 4 | **ascertain** | present | | the course | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic | | 5 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | | friends's friendship | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Beneficiary | 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 immediate termination of the friendship ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e3:o1:1 # text = The immediate termination of the friendship 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 termination termination NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A demand that the school reverse its decision ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e3:o2:1 # text = A demand that the school reverse its decision 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl _ _ 6 reverse reverse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reverse** | present | a demand | demand's decision | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent decision=Patient | | 2 | **decide** | | demand | | | | | | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Refusal to associate with any new classmates ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e3:o3:1 # text = Refusal to associate with any new classmates 1 Refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 associate associate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 classmates classmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **associate** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with any new classmates | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with classmate=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Continued contact at break times and weekends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:e3:o4:1 # text = Continued contact at break times and weekends 1 Continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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