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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «fair-weather friend»? Exam question 3 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; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · The friend who only calls when they need something

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «fair-weather friend»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** weather friend

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «fair-weather friend»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a weather friend |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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One whose company is enjoyed chiefly in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e3:o1:1
# text = One whose company is enjoyed chiefly in summer
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present · passive |  | One company |  |  | summer | chiefly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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One who supports a friend chiefly in adversity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e3:o2:1
# text = One who supports a friend chiefly in adversity
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	supports	support	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chiefly	chiefly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	adversity	adversity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | present | One | a friend chiefly |  | adversity |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chiefly=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One who resides in a warmer country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e3:o3:1
# text = One who resides in a warmer country
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	resides	reside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | present |  |  |  | a warmer country |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

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

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One who is present in favourable times and absent in adversity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:e3:o4:1
# text = One who is present in favourable times and absent in adversity
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	favourable	favourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	adversity	adversity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | time | present *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  | adversity |  |  | tree rules |

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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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