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title: Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick». What's the best reply? — The friend who only calls when they ne… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick». What's the best reply? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something

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Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick». What's the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best reply · **What happens:** get, be

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:1
# text = Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick».
1	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	u	u	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | for 6; Bella *vocative*; quick *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for 6=Source |

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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's the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:2
# text = What's the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Whisper the answer quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:o1:1
# text = Whisper the answer quickly
1	Whisper	whisper	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whisper a wrong answer to trick her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:o2:1
# text = Whisper a wrong answer to trick her
1	Whisper	whisper	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Shout it across the class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:o3:1
# text = Shout it across the class
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the class |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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

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«Sorry, can't, do your own»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t7:o4:1
# text = «Sorry, can't, do your own»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | can |  | your own |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Eventuality |

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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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