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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the friendships of adults as described in the lesson? Exam question 1 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the friendships of adults as described in the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe · **To what, where:** friendships, lesson

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the friendships of adults as described in the lesson?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the friendships of adults |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the lesson |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Adult friendships terminate upon any quarrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e1:o1:1
# text = Adult friendships terminate upon any quarrel
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	terminate	terminate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | present | Adult friendships |  |  |  |  | upon any quarrel | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Adult friendships are invariably free from dispute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e1:o2:1
# text = Adult friendships are invariably free from dispute
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Adult friendships |  |  | dispute |  | free, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Adults likewise form, quarrel within and repair friendships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e1:o3:1
# text = Adults likewise form, quarrel within and repair friendships
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	repair	repair	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Adults |  |  |  |  | likewise *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **quarrel** | infinitive | Adults *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **repair** | infinitive | Adults *not said here* | friendships |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Adults do not require friendships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:e1:o4:1
# text = Adults do not require friendships
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **require** | present · do-support | Adults | friendships |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friendship=Precondition |

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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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