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title: In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the… — Growing apart · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again. What's more real? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 464 «Growing apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Growing apart

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In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two best friends, one · **What happens:** drift apart, have, save, burn, be · **To what, where:** film, other, burning building, friends

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 464 «Growing apart» 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/464-growing-apart/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:1
# text = In a film the two best friends drift apart, then one has to save the other from a burning building to be friends again.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	drift	drift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	amod	_	_
21	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	cop	_	_
24	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	advcl	_	_
25	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift apart** | present | the two best friends |  |  | a film |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Trajectory |
| 2 | **have** | present | one |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | the other |  | a burning building | again |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent other=Theme from building=Source |
| 4 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* What's more real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:2
# text = What's more real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only a big disaster or a rescue can fix a friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:o1:1
# text = Only a big disaster or a rescue can fix a friendship
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | can | a big disaster or a rescue | a friendship |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Drifted friends can never speak again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:o2:1
# text = Drifted friends can never speak again
1	Drifted	drift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | can | Drifted friends |  |  |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You need a fire to stay friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:o3:1
# text = You need a fire to stay friends
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | You | a fire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fire *not said here* | friends |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme friend=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A small chat or a game can bring back a good moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:464-growing-apart:t7:o4:1
# text = A small chat or a game can bring back a good moment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | can | a small chat or a game |  |  |  | moment |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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