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# Test 5 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else

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«You can be my second best friend if u want». Is ranking friends a good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, u · **What happens:** be, want, rank · **To what, where:** second best friend

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «You can be my second best friend if u want».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:1
# text = «You can be my second best friend if u want».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | can | You | my second best friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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:* Is ranking friends a good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:2
# text = Is ranking friends a good idea?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	ranking	rank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, and you should be told yours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, and you should be told yours
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | you | yours |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient your=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, everyone should have a list

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, everyone should have a list
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | should | everyone | a list |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, friends don't need numbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:o3:1
# text = No, friends don't need numbers
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | friends | numbers |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot number=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, you should only have one friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t5:o4:1
# text = No, you should only have one friend
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | should | you | one friend |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |

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