--- title: friend with nut allergy at my party, cake has nuts — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics description: friend with nut allergy at my party, cake has nuts Test 15 · ★ 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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Birthday parties friend with nut allergy at my party, cake has nuts **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend cake · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** nuts This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t15:1 # text = friend with nut allergy at my party, cake has nuts 1 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 allergy allergy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 at at 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 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | friend cake | nuts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient | 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} Don't tell him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t15:o1:1 # text = Don't tell him 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Tell an adult so there's safe food for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t15:o2:1 # text = Tell an adult so there's safe food for him 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | safe food | | | there | | for adult | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A little bit won't hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t15:o3:1 # text = A little bit won't hurt 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hurt** | future | | a little bit | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He can just pick the nuts out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t15:o4:1 # text = He can just pick the nuts out 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick out** | can | He | the nuts | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=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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