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title: A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you… — Letting a friend down: broken promises… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over." Is that true? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 10 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

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A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over." Is that true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, you, that · **What happens:** say, forget, be · **To what, where:** birthday · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» of the reflection 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/reflection/4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:1
# text = A kid on the bus says, "if you forget your best mate's birthday, you're done, friendship over."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	over	over	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a kid on the bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | your best mate's birthday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | done *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:2
# text = Is that true?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because birthdays don't matter to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:o1:1
# text = No, because birthdays don't matter to anyone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | birthdays |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No; a quick sorry and something special fixes most of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:o2:1
# text = No; a quick sorry and something special fixes most of it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	conj	_	_
8	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | a quick sorry | most of it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent most=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes; forgetting once always ends a friendship forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes; forgetting once always ends a friendship forever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | present | forgetting | a friendship |  |  |  | always, forever *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, unless you buy a really expensive present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:4-letting-a-friend-down-broken-promises-and-spilled-secrets:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, unless you buy a really expensive present
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | you | a expensive present |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |

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