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title: "omg everyone laughed at grace for saying sahara lol" What should a… — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics
description: "omg everyone laughed at grace for saying sahara lol" What should a good friend do? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend

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"omg everyone laughed at grace for saying sahara lol" What should a good friend do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, good friend · **What happens:** laugh, say, do · **To what, where:** grace, sahara · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» of the myths 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/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t6:1
# text = "omg everyone laughed at grace for saying sahara lol" What should a good friend do?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	omg	omg	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	sahara	sahara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | everyone |  |  | grace |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | everyone *not said here* | sahara |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sahara=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | should | a good friend | sahara |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stand by Grace and point out it's the biggest hot desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t6:o1:1
# text = Stand by Grace and point out it's the biggest hot desert
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	point	point	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Grace | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by grace=Location |
| 2 | **point out** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | the biggest hot desert |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Say nothing and change the subject

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t6:o2:1
# text = Say nothing and change the subject
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **change** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the subject |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Laugh too, so you're not left out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t6:o3:1
# text = Laugh too, so you're not left out
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **leave out** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell Grace she should've known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t6:o4:1
# text = Tell Grace she should've known
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Grace |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grace=Recipient |
| 2 | **know** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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