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title: Identify the conduct which characterises a person commonly described… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the conduct which characterises a person commonly described as a «frenemy». Exam question 1 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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.
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# Exam question 1 · Nice alone, mean in a group

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Identify the conduct which characterises a person commonly described as a «frenemy».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, conduct · **What happens:** identify, characteris, describe · **To what, where:** conduct, person

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e1:1
# text = Identify the conduct which characterises a person commonly described as a «frenemy».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	frenemy	frenemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | the conduct | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | as a frenemy; commonly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as frenemy=Attribute |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Consistent hostility in every setting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e1:o1:1
# text = Consistent hostility in every setting
1	Consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hostility	hostility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Friendly behaviour in private combined with unkindness before others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e1:o2:1
# text = Friendly behaviour in private combined with unkindness before others
1	Friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
5	combined	combine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	unkindness	unkindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | participle | Friendly behaviour in private |  |  |  | before others | with unkindness | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with unkindness=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Consistent kindness in every setting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e1:o3:1
# text = Consistent kindness in every setting
1	Consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Friendship confined to pupils of other schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:e1:o4:1
# text = Friendship confined to pupils of other schools
1	Friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  | Friendship *not said here* | pupils of other schools |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to pupil=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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