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title: «Grumpy Grimshaw gave Sam a plant, that's sus». What really changed… — What a real friend is · tree and pragmatics
description: «Grumpy Grimshaw gave Sam a plant, that's sus». What really changed him? Test 10 · ★★★ 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · What a real friend is

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«Grumpy Grimshaw gave Sam a plant, that's sus». What really changed him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grumpy, that · **What happens:** give, be, change · **To what, where:** plant, Sam

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 485 «What a real friend is» 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/485-what-a-real-friend-is/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Grumpy Grimshaw gave Sam a plant, that's sus».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:1
# text = «Grumpy Grimshaw gave Sam a plant, that's sus».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grumpy	Grumpy	PROPN	NNP	_	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Grimshaw	Grimshaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | Grumpy | a plant | Sam |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent sam=Recipient plant=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | suspect *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 really changed him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:2
# text = What really changed him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past |  | Sam |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He wanted Sam to give him back his football from the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:o1:1
# text = He wanted Sam to give him back his football from the garden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	back	back	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | Sam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sam *not said here* | Sam's football | Sam | the garden |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient football=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Small kindnesses over time turned an enemy into a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:o2:1
# text = Small kindnesses over time turned an enemy into a friend
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kindnesses	kindness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Small kindnesses over time | a enemy |  |  |  | into a friend *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme into friend=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was always secretly nice to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:o3:1
# text = He was always secretly nice to everyone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to everyone; always, nice, secretly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sam's dad paid him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t10:o4:1
# text = Sam's dad paid him
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | Sam's dad | Sam |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

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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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