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description: Identify the principal characteristic of a friendship described as running «one way». Exam question 1 of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · The friend who only calls when they need something

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Identify the principal characteristic of a friendship described as running «one way».

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, describe, run · **To what, where:** principal characteristic, friendship, one way

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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/470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal characteristic of a friendship described as running «one way».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 principal characteristic of a friendship |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent characteristic=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | a friendship *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run** | gerund |  | one way |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Neither party requests any assistance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e1:o1:1
# text = Neither party requests any assistance
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | neither party | any assistance |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both parties exchange favours in equal measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e1:o2:1
# text = Both parties exchange favours in equal measure
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exchange	exchange	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	favours	favour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** | present | both parties | favours |  | equal measure |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The parties communicate solely by telephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e1:o3:1
# text = The parties communicate solely by telephone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	communicate	communicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **communicate** | present | the parties |  |  |  |  | by telephone; solely *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One party habitually receives favours whilst giving nothing in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e1:o4:1
# text = One party habitually receives favours whilst giving nothing in return
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	favours	favour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | One party | favours |  |  |  | habitually *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | One party *not said here* | nothing |  | return |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |

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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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