--- title: Kieran teased Maddie for years, then says he'll miss her. What's goi… — The best friend who moves away · tree and pragmatics description: Kieran teased Maddie for years, then says he'll miss her. What's going on? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 463 «The best friend who moves away» 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/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/t7/) [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/) / [The best friend who moves away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The best friend who moves away Kieran teased Maddie for years, then says he'll miss her. What's going on? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kieran · **What happens:** tease, say, miss, go on · **To what, where:** Maddie · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 463 «The best friend who moves away» 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/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kieran teased Maddie for years, then says he'll miss her. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:1 # text = Kieran teased Maddie for years, then says he'll miss her. 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past | Kieran | Maddie | | | year | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maddie=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **miss** | future | Kieran | Maddie | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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:* What's going on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:2 # text = What's going on? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He wants her cupcake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:o1:1 # text = He wants her cupcake 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cupcake cupcake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | He | her cupcake | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cupcake=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Goodbyes often show how people really feel ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:o2:1 # text = Goodbyes often show how people really feel 1 Goodbyes goodbye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 often often ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Goodbyes | | | | | often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **feel** | present | people | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He's being sarcastic ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:o3:1 # text = He's being sarcastic 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | sarcastic *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's planning one last big prank before she goes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t7:o4:1 # text = He's planning one last big prank before she goes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 planning plan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | present · progressive | He | one last big prank | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prank=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present | she | | | | | | 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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