--- title: What would most likely happen if Jamal kept avoiding his buddy? — Hiding it from friends: being skint at… · tree and pragmatics description: What would most likely happen if Jamal kept avoiding his buddy? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/t8/) [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/) / [Hiding it from friends: being skint at…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school What would most likely happen if Jamal kept avoiding his buddy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jamal · **What happens:** happen, keep, avoid · **To what, where:** buddy This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t8:1 # text = What would most likely happen if Jamal kept avoiding his buddy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Jamal Jamal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 avoiding avoid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Jamal | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **avoid** | gerund | Jamal *not said here* | Jamal's buddy | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent buddy=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, friends never notice avoiding ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing, friends never notice avoiding 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 notice notice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 avoiding avoid VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **notice** | present | Nothing friends | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **avoid** | gerund | Nothing friends *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They'd drift apart over a hot chocolate ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t8:o2:1 # text = They'd drift apart over a hot chocolate 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 drift drift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 apart apart ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drift apart** | would | They | | | a hot chocolate | | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over chocolate=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} His buddy would pay for even more drinks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t8:o3:1 # text = His buddy would pay for even more drinks 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 drinks drink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | would | His buddy | | | | | for more drinks | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for drink=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} His buddy would send him a bill for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:t8:o4:1 # text = His buddy would send him a bill for it 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | would | His buddy | a bill | him *= he* | | | for bill | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bill=Theme | **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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