--- title: What would probably happen if Dante kept following Malik's friends a… — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if Dante kept following Malik's friends around? Test 3 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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/501-big-brothers/t3/) [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/) / [Big brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/501-big-brothers/) / t3 # Test 3 · Big brothers What would probably happen if Dante kept following Malik's friends around? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dante · **What happens:** happen, keep, follow · **To what, where:** friends This is test 3 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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/501-big-brothers/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t3:1 # text = What would probably happen if Dante kept following Malik's friends around? 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 Dante Dante PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 Malik Malik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 around around ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | Dante | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | Dante *not said here* | Malik's friends | | | | around *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Malik would get more annoyed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t3:o1:1 # text = Malik would get more annoyed 1 Malik malik NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Malik | | | | | annoyed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They'd make Dante their leader ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t3:o2:1 # text = They'd make Dante their leader 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 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 Dante Dante PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | They | their leader | Dante | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset dante=Beneficiary leader=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Malik would thank him for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t3:o3:1 # text = Malik would thank him for it 1 Malik malik NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | would | Malik | | him *= he* | | | for it | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for it=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would ever change ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing would ever change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | ever | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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