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title: «Jake's sat with Zack again, he's a snake, I'm done with him». What'… — Three's a crowd, and the friend who pi… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

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«Jake's sat with Zack again, he's a snake, I'm done with him». What's more likely true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sat, I · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** snake

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This is test 2 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» 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/478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Jake's sat with Zack again, he's a snake, I'm done with him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:1
# text = «Jake's sat with Zack again, he's a snake, I'm done with him».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sat	sat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Zack	Zack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Jake's sat with Zack | a snake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | with Zack; done *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more likely true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:2
# text = What's more likely true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Jake chose something new for now, he's not an enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:o1:1
# text = Jake chose something new for now, he's not an enemy
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | Jake | something |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent something=Theme for now=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | Jake | a enemy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Zack paid Jake to hate Sam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:o2:1
# text = Zack paid Jake to hate Sam
1	Zack	Zack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | Zack | Jake |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Asset |
| 2 | **hate** | to-infinitive | Zack *not said here* | Sam |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sam=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jake is plotting against Sam with Zack behind his back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:o3:1
# text = Jake is plotting against Sam with Zack behind his back
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Zack	Zack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plot** | present · progressive | Jake |  |  | Jake's back |  | against Sam; with Zack | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with zack=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sam did something terrible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t2:o4:1
# text = Sam did something terrible
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Sam | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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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