--- title: Kwesi's mum: «that boy's a good friend». Why does she think so? — Friends who get it · tree and pragmatics description: Kwesi's mum: «that boy's a good friend». Why does she think so? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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/525-friends-who-get-it/t11/) [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/) / [Friends who get it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · Friends who get it Kwesi's mum: «that boy's a good friend». Why does she think so? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, friend · **What happens:** be, think · **To what, where:** good friend This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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/525-friends-who-get-it/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kwesi's mum: «that boy's a good friend». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:1 # text = Kwesi's mum: «that boy's a good friend». 1 Kwesi Kwesi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that boy | a good friend | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why does she think so? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:2 # text = Why does she think so? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | friend | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He shares what he can, every week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:o1:1 # text = He shares what he can, every week 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shares share VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | He | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He gives Kwesi expensive presents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:o2:1 # text = He gives Kwesi expensive presents 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kwesi Kwesi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | He | expensive presents | Kwesi | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent kwesi=Recipient present=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He tells Kwesi's secrets to his mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:o3:1 # text = He tells Kwesi's secrets to his mum 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kwesi Kwesi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He | Kwesi's secrets | Kwesi's mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic to mum=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He always lets Kwesi win at games ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t11:o4:1 # text = He always lets Kwesi win at games 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Kwesi Kwesi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | He | | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | infinitive | Kwesi | | | games | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at game=Eventuality | **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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