--- title: Maddie says she's «wearing thongs to school». Lily gasps. What shoul… — The best friend who moves away · tree and pragmatics description: Maddie says she's «wearing thongs to school». Lily gasps. What should Lily do? Test 9 · ★★ 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/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/) / [The best friend who moves away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · The best friend who moves away Maddie says she's «wearing thongs to school». Lily gasps. What should Lily do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maddie, Lily · **What happens:** say, wear, gasp, do · **To what, where:** thongs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Maddie says she's «wearing thongs to school». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:1 # text = Maddie says she's «wearing thongs to school». 1 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 thongs thong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Maddie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wear** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Maddie | thongs | | | | to school | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thong=Theme | 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:* Lily gasps. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:2 # text = Lily gasps. 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gasps gasp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gasp** | present | Lily | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What should Lily do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:3 # text = What should Lily do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | Lily | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Hang up in shock ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:o1:1 # text = Hang up in shock 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | shock | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shock=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ask what the word means there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:o2:1 # text = Ask what the word means there 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | the word | | | there | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Report Maddie to the teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:o3:1 # text = Report Maddie to the teacher 1 Report report VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | imperative | you *not said here* | Maddie | the teacher | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent maddie=Topic to teacher=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Pretend she understood ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away:t9:o4:1 # text = Pretend she understood 1 Pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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