--- title: Kieran stopped buying Shannon 99s and she stopped being nice. What d… — The friend who only calls when they ne… · tree and pragmatics description: Kieran stopped buying Shannon 99s and she stopped being nice. What does that show? 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What does that show? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kieran, that · **What happens:** stop, buy, be, show · **To what, where:** Shannon 99s This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kieran stopped buying Shannon 99s and she stopped being nice. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:1 # text = Kieran stopped buying Shannon 99s and she stopped being nice. 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 buying buy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 Shannon Shannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 99s 99 NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | Kieran | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **buy** | gerund | Kieran *not said here* | Shannon 99s | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 99=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | Kieran | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | gerund | Kieran *not said here* | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | 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 does that show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:2 # text = What does that show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | that | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Kieran was mean to stop and should say sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:o1:1 # text = Kieran was mean to stop and should say sorry 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Kieran | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kieran *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | Kieran *not said here* | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shannon got ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:o2:1 # text = Shannon got ill 1 Shannon Shannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Shannon | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Shannon loves Kieran secretly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:o3:1 # text = Shannon loves Kieran secretly 1 Shannon Shannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kieran Kieran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | Shannon | Kieran | | | | secretly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kieran=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Her kindness was only about the ice cream ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:470-the-friend-who-only-calls-when-they-need-something:t8:o4:1 # text = Her kindness was only about the ice cream 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Her kindness | | | | | about the ice cream | tree rules | **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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