--- title: What would probably happen if Sam kept waiting at the lunch table ev… — Three's a crowd, and the friend who pi… · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if Sam kept waiting at the lunch table every day for Jake? Test 9 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Three's a crowd, and the friend who pi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else/) / t9 # Test 9 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else What would probably happen if Sam kept waiting at the lunch table every day for Jake? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** happen, keep, wait · **To what, where:** lunch table This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t9:1 # text = What would probably happen if Sam kept waiting at the lunch table every day for Jake? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sam | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | Sam *not said here* | | | the lunch table | day | for Jake | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at table=Location | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Zack would leave the school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t9:o1:1 # text = Zack would leave the school 1 Zack Zack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | would | Zack | the school | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The teacher would make Jake come back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t9:o2:1 # text = The teacher would make Jake come back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | the teacher | Jake | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come back** | infinitive | Jake *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Jake would come back the next day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t9:o3:1 # text = Jake would come back the next day 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | would | Jake | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He'd stay lonely and keep feeling hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:478-threes-a-crowd-and-the-friend-who-picks-someone-else:t9:o4:1 # text = He'd stay lonely and keep feeling hurt 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | would | He | | | | | lonely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | present | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **hurt** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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