--- title: Identify the measure most likely to sustain a friendship following t… — The best friend who moves away · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the measure most likely to sustain a friendship following the relocation of one friend to another continent. 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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/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e1:1 # text = Identify the measure most likely to sustain a friendship following the relocation of one friend to another continent. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sustain sustain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 relocation relocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 continent continent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the measure | | | | likely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | | 2 | **sustain** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a friendship | | | | follow the relocation of one friend; to another continent | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **relocate** | | | one friend | | | | | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} Communication exclusively by surface mail once a decade ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e1:o1:1 # text = Communication exclusively by surface mail once a decade 1 Communication communication NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 mail mail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 decade decade NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **communicate** | | surface mail | | | | | | nom communication «communication intransitive»: by=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The abandonment of all new friendships ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e1:o2:1 # text = The abandonment of all new friendships 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 abandonment abandonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 friendships friendship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | | | all new friendships | | | | | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An agreed and regular arrangement for communication ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e1:o3:1 # text = An agreed and regular arrangement for communication 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 arrangement arrangement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 communication communication NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} An undertaking never to change one's activities ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:e1:o4:1 # text = An undertaking never to change one's activities 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 activities activity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | to-infinitive | a undertaking | one's activities | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent activity=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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