--- title: A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» What is… — Your body and how you look · tree and pragmatics description: A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» What is the best answer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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/88-liking-how-you-look/t6/) [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/) / [Your body and how you look](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/88-liking-how-you-look/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Your body and how you look A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» What is the best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Nobody, best answer · **What happens:** say, like, be · **To what, where:** friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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/88-liking-how-you-look/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:1 # text = A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 freckles freckle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **like** *in a quote* | future | Nobody | a friend *= friend* | | | | because my freckles | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=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. *Sentence 2:* What is the best answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:2 # text = What is the best answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, freckles are a real problem for making friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:o1:1 # text = Yes, freckles are a real problem for making friends 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 freckles freckle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | freckles | a real problem | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | gerund | a real problem *not said here* | friends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stay out of the sun for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:o2:1 # text = Stay out of the sun for ever 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sun | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme sun=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People like you for who you are ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:o3:1 # text = People like you for who you are 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | People like you *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cover them with paint ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:88-liking-how-you-look:t6:o4:1 # text = Cover them with paint 1 Cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | with paint | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with paint=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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