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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendships maintained across great distances. Exam question 3 of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 3 · What a real friend is

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendships maintained across great distances.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, maintain · **To what, where:** response, concerning friendships

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» 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/485-what-a-real-friend-is/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning friendships maintained across great distances.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **maintain** | participle |  | concerning friendships *not said here* |  |  |  | across great distances | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They may endure where regular contact and small customs are maintained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:e3:o1:1
# text = They may endure where regular contact and small customs are maintained
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	endure	endure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
5	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endure** | may | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **maintain** | present · passive |  | regular contact and small customs |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They necessarily terminate upon relocation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:e3:o2:1
# text = They necessarily terminate upon relocation
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	terminate	terminate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	relocation	relocation	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 | They |  |  |  |  | upon relocation; necessarily *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are not genuine friendships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:e3:o3:1
# text = They are not genuine friendships
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friendships	friendship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | They | genuine friendships |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They require that both parties reside in one town and attend one school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:e3:o4:1
# text = They require that both parties reside in one town and attend one school
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reside	reside	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reside** | present | both parties |  |  | one town |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |
| 3 | **attend** | infinitive | They *not said here* | one school |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal |

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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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