--- title: its my mates party, can i blow the candles with her — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics description: its my mates party, can i blow the candles with her Test 10 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/t10/) [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/) / [Birthday parties](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Birthday parties its my mates party, can i blow the candles with her **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** blow · **To what, where:** mates party This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t10:1 # text = its my mates party, can i blow the candles with her 1 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 compound _ _ 4 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | can | i | its mates party | | | | with her *= she* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent party=Beneficiary candle=Product | 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} Yes, if you sing loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you sing loudly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | you | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, the birthday child blows them out alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t10:o2:1 # text = No, the birthday child blows them out alone 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow out** | present | the birthday child | them *= they* | | | | alone *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it's quicker with two ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, it's quicker with two 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 quicker quick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | with two; quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if she has a lot of candles ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, if she has a lot of candles 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | she | a lot of candles | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | **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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