--- title: everyone at lunch talking bout my party, sam's not invited — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics description: everyone at lunch talking bout my party, sam's not invited Test 14 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/130-birthday-parties/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Birthday parties everyone at lunch talking bout my party, sam's not invited **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lunch · **What happens:** talk, not invite · **To what, where:** everyone sam This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t14:1 # text = everyone at lunch talking bout my party, sam's not invited 1 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 9 compound _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 bout bout ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 sam sam NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | lunch *not said here* | | | | | bout my party | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **invite** | present · passive | | everyone sam | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Show him the invitation ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t14:o1:1 # text = Show him the invitation 1 Show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | imperative | you *not said here* | the invitation | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient invitation=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell him he can't come ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t14:o2:1 # text = Tell him he can't come 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **come** | can | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Talk about it later, he could feel left out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t14:o3:1 # text = Talk about it later, he could feel left out 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | about it; late *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 2 | **feel** | could | he | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **leave out** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Talk louder so he hears ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t14:o4:1 # text = Talk louder so he hears 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | present | he | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | **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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