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title: Your aunt in Ireland calls to say happy birthday. What will make her… — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics
description: Your aunt in Ireland calls to say happy birthday. What will make her happiest? Test 6 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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.
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# Test 6 · Greeting friends and relatives

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Your aunt in Ireland calls to say happy birthday. What will make her happiest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunt · **What happens:** call, say, make · **To what, where:** happy birthday, happiest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your aunt in Ireland calls to say happy birthday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:1
# text = Your aunt in Ireland calls to say happy birthday.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Your aunt in Ireland |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Your aunt in Ireland *not said here* | happy birthday |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent birthday=Topic |

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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:* What will make her happiest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:2
# text = What will make her happiest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	happiest	happy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future |  | aunt's happiest |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary happy=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Passing the phone on straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:o1:1
# text = Passing the phone on straight away
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | gerund |  | the phone |  |  |  | away *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Asking how much money she put in the birthday card this year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:o2:1
# text = Asking how much money she put in the birthday card this year
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | she *not said here* | much money |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient |
| 2 | **put** | past | she |  |  | the birthday card | year |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in card=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Thanking her and telling her something about your day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:o3:1
# text = Thanking her and telling her something about your day
1	Thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | something |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Answering every question with "Fine"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t6:o4:1
# text = Answering every question with "Fine"
1	Answering	answer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | every question |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

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