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title: Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class. Ch… — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics
description: Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class. Chloe is right there. Kindest choice? Test 7 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 7 · How best friends start

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Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class. Chloe is right there. Kindest choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maddie, Chloe · **What happens:** want, give, be · **To what, where:** necklace, Lily, front

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:1
# text = Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class.
1	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Maddie |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Maddie *not said here* | a necklace | Lily | front of the whole class |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lily=Recipient necklace=Theme |

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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:* Chloe is right there.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:2
# text = Chloe is right there.
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Chloe |  |  |  |  | right, there *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Kindest choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:3
# text = Kindest choice?
1	Kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	choice	choice	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 {#o1}

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Ask Chloe to pay for one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:o1:1
# text = Ask Chloe to pay for one
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Chloe |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent chloe=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for one | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Do it in a way that doesn't shut Chloe out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:o2:1
# text = Do it in a way that doesn't shut Chloe out
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a way |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **shut out** | present · do-support | a way | Chloe |  |  |  | out *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chloe=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Show it off so Chloe knows where she stands now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:o3:1
# text = Show it off so Chloe knows where she stands now
1	Show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show off** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **know** | present | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stand** | present | Chloe |  |  |  | now |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Give it, then tell Chloe to go away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t7:o4:1
# text = Give it, then tell Chloe to go away
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | Chloe |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chloe=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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