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title: What would probably happen if Sam kept trying to pat Tank, who growl… — What a real friend is · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if Sam kept trying to pat Tank, who growls every day? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 9 · ★★★ · What a real friend is

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What would probably happen if Sam kept trying to pat Tank, who growls every day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, Tank · **What happens:** happen, keep, try, pat, growl · **To what, where:** Tank

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t9:1
# text = What would probably happen if Sam kept trying to pat Tank, who growls every day?
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	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	pat	pat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	growls	growl	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **try** | gerund | Sam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **pat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sam *not said here* | Tank |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tank=Experiencer |
| 5 | **growl** | present | Tank |  |  |  | day |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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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Tank would stop growling for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t9:o1:1
# text = Tank would stop growling for good
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	growling	growl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | Tank |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **growl** | gerund | Tank *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for good=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tank would become his best friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t9:o2:1
# text = Tank would become his best friend
1	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | Tank | Tank's best friend |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mr Doyle would give him Tank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t9:o3:1
# text = Mr Doyle would give him Tank
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Doyle	Doyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	Tank	Tank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | Mr |  | Tank |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tank=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He could get bitten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:485-what-a-real-friend-is:t9:o4:1
# text = He could get bitten
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | could · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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