--- title: «we've been best mates since nursery but she's in the other class no… — How best friends start · tree and pragmatics description: «we've been best mates since nursery but she's in the other class now, it's over». Is it? Test 9 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · How best friends start «we've been best mates since nursery but she's in the other class now, it's over». Is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, she, class · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best mates, other class · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «we've been best mates since nursery but she's in the other class now, it's over». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:1 # text = «we've been best mates since nursery but she's in the other class now, it's over». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 since since ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 nursery nursery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 over over ADV RB _ 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | best mates but the other class | | | since nursery; now | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | she | | | the other class | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | class | | | | | over *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* Is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:2 # text = Is it? 1 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | class | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, classes end friendships ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, classes end friendships 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 friendships friendship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present | classes | friendships | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, after one week apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, after one week apart 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 apart apart ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, she must change class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:o3:1 # text = No, she must change class 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | must | she | class | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, small efforts can keep it going ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:461-how-best-friends-start:t9:o4:1 # text = No, small efforts can keep it going 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | can | small efforts | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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