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title: my mate says if u disagree with ur friend u can't be friends anymore — Friends, teams and fair play · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says if u disagree with ur friend u can't be friends anymore Test 18 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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 right.
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# Test 18 · Friends, teams and fair play

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my mate says if u disagree with ur friend u can't be friends anymore

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, u · **What happens:** say, disagree, not be · **To what, where:** friends · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:t18:1
# text = my mate says if u disagree with ur friend u can't be friends anymore
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	anymore	anymore	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **disagree** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u |  |  |  |  | with ur's friend; anymore *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | can | u | friends |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He is right, friends must always agree on everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, friends must always agree on everything
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | must | friends |  |  |  |  | on everything; always *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on everything=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, one argument ends it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, one argument ends it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | present | one argument | it |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, unless you say sorry first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, unless you say sorry first
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wrong; friends can disagree and still stay friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:52-friends-teams-and-fair-play:t18:o4:1
# text = Wrong; friends can disagree and still stay friends
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | can | Wrong friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | Wrong friends *not said here* | friends |  |  | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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