--- title: A girl in Denver hands out invitations at the classroom door, and tw… — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Denver hands out invitations at the classroom door, and two children get none. Why is this unkind? 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Why is this unkind? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, two children, this · **What happens:** hand out, get, be · **To what, where:** invitations, classroom door, none This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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/130-birthday-parties/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Denver hands out invitations at the classroom door, and two children get none. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:1 # text = A girl in Denver hands out invitations at the classroom door, and two children get none. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Denver Denver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 hands hand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 classroom classroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand out** | present | a girl in Denver | invitations | | the classroom door | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | two children | none | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus | 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:* Why is this unkind? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:2 # text = Why is this unkind? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Invitations should always be posted by mail ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:o1:1 # text = Invitations should always be posted by mail 1 Invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 posted post VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 mail mail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **post** | should · passive | mail | Invitations | | | | always *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Being left out in public hurts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:o2:1 # text = Being left out in public hurts 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hurts hurt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | gerund · passive | | | | public hurts | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 3 {#o3} The teacher must invite everyone herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:o3:1 # text = The teacher must invite everyone herself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | must | the teacher | everyone | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Parties must never be held on school days ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t1:o4:1 # text = Parties must never be held on school days 1 Parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hold** | must · passive | | Parties | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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