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title: «only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that». What did Li… — Nice alone, mean in a group · tree and pragmatics
description: «only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that». What did Lily's mum say? Test 10 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Nice alone, mean in a group

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«only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that». What did Lily's mum say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, frenemies, mum · **What happens:** have, grow, be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:1
# text = «only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	frenemies	frenemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | frenemies and grown ups |  |  |  |  | past that | 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 did Lily's mum say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:2
# text = What did Lily's mum say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Lily's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Grown-ups have frenemies too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:o1:1
# text = Grown-ups have frenemies too
1	Grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	frenemies	frenemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | Grown ups | frenemies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frenemy=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Frenemies are just a made-up word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:o2:1
# text = Frenemies are just a made-up word
1	Frenemies	frenemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Frenemies | a made word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That's true, it stops at eleven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:o3:1
# text = That's true, it stops at eleven
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | it |  |  | eleven |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at eleven=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only teachers have them, at work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group:t10:o4:1
# text = Only teachers have them, at work
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | teachers | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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