--- title: «Raj never asks for anything and always brings two biscuits». What k… — The friend who only calls when they ne… · tree and pragmatics description: «Raj never asks for anything and always brings two biscuits». What kind of friend is Raj? 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What kind of friend is Raj? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Raj, kind · **What happens:** not ask, bring, be · **To what, where:** two biscuits, Raj This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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/470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Raj never asks for anything and always brings two biscuits». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:1 # text = «Raj never asks for anything and always brings two biscuits». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Raj Raj PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 biscuits biscuit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | Raj | | | | | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | present | Raj *not said here* | two biscuits | | | | always *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme | 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:* What kind of friend is Raj? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:2 # text = What kind of friend is Raj? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 Raj Raj PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | what kind of friend | Raj | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A fair-weather friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:o1:1 # text = A fair-weather friend 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A frenemy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:o2:1 # text = A frenemy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frenemy frenemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} A friend who wants something ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:o3:1 # text = A friend who wants something 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a friend | something | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A friend who gives as well as takes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t11:o4:1 # text = A friend who gives as well as takes 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 4 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 8 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | a friend | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **take** | present | a friend | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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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