--- title: apparently Aisha's not eating at lunch cos of Ramadan, everyone's sa… — A guest at the table, and manners on t… · tree and pragmatics description: apparently Aisha's not eating at lunch cos of Ramadan, everyone's saying she's starving herself lol Test 18 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/t18/) [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/) / [A guest at the table, and manners on t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★★ · A guest at the table, and manners on the phone apparently Aisha's not eating at lunch cos of Ramadan, everyone's saying she's starving herself lol **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aisha, everyone · **What happens:** not eat, say, starve · **To what, where:** lunch cos, Aisha · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 128 «A guest at the table, and manners on the phone» 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/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t18:1 # text = apparently Aisha's not eating at lunch cos of Ramadan, everyone's saying she's starving herself lol 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ramadan Ramadan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 starving starve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 18 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | present · progressive | Aisha | | | lunch cos of Ramadan | | apparently *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **starve** | present · progressive | Aisha | Aisha | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Offer her food every single day until she gives up and eats with everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t18:o1:1 # text = Offer her food every single day until she gives up and eats with everyone 1 Offer offer ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | present | she | | | | day | offer her food | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | present | she *not said here* | | | | | with everyone | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Spread it, it's funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t18:o2:1 # text = Spread it, it's funny 1 Spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Don't spread it; fasting in Ramadan is her family's faith, so be kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t18:o3:1 # text = Don't spread it; fasting in Ramadan is her family's faith, so be kind 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 fasting fast VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ramadan Ramadan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **fast** | gerund | | | | Ramadan | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | fasting | Ramadan's family's faith | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell a teacher she's starving herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone:t18:o4:1 # text = Tell a teacher she's starving herself 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 starving starve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **starve** | present · progressive | teacher | teacher | | | | | tree rules | **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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