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title: Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol». Should they quit the team? — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics
description: Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol». Should they quit the team? Test 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · How best friends start

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Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol». Should they quit the team?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, they · **What happens:** be, quit · **To what, where:** trash, footy, team

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This is test 2 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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/461-how-best-friends-start/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:1
# text = Raj: «we're both trash at footy lol».
1	Raj	raj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 | we | both trash |  | footy |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Should they quit the team?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:2
# text = Should they quit the team?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	quit	quit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | should | they | the team |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Source |

## The options {#options}

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

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No, being rubbish together can be how friends are made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:o1:1
# text = No, being rubbish together can be how friends are made
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | rubbish |  |  |  | together *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | can · passive |  | rubbish |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, because only good players ever make friends on a team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, because only good players ever make friends on a team
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | good players | friends |  | a team | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they'll never get picked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, they'll never get picked
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | future · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they should cheat to win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t2:o4:1
# text = No, they should cheat to win
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | should | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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