--- title: Mateo speaks Spanish, Connor English. A coach says «sorry, swap part… — Friends through games and clubs · tree and pragmatics description: Mateo speaks Spanish, Connor English. A coach says «sorry, swap partners». Was swapping needed? Test 8 of lesson 467 «Friends through games and clubs» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/t8/) [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/) / [Friends through games and clubs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/) / t8 # Test 8 · Friends through games and clubs Mateo speaks Spanish, Connor English. A coach says «sorry, swap partners». Was swapping needed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mateo, coach · **What happens:** speak, say, swap, need · **To what, where:** Spanish, partners · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 467 «Friends through games and clubs» 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/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mateo speaks Spanish, Connor English. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:1 # text = Mateo speaks Spanish, Connor English. 1 Mateo Mateo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Spanish Spanish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Connor Connor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Mateo | Spanish and Connor English | | | | | 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:* A coach says «sorry, swap partners». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:2 # text = A coach says «sorry, swap partners». 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sorry sorry INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 swap swap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 partners partner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a coach | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **swap** *in a quote* | infinitive | | partners | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Was swapping needed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:3 # text = Was swapping needed? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 2 swapping swap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF» | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, football let them be friends without words ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:o1:1 # text = No, football let them be friends without words 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | football | them *= they* | | | | without words | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | friends | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, you can't be friends without a language ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, you can't be friends without a language 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | can | you | friends | | | | without a language | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but they should text in French ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:o3:1 # text = No, but they should text in French 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 text text VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **text** | should | they | | | French | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they'd fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:467-friends-through-games-and-clubs:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, they'd fight 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | would | they | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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