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title: apparently Zoe's mum only spent 2 dollars on Ruby's present, so chea… — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently Zoe's mum only spent 2 dollars on Ruby's present, so cheap, everyone's talking about it Test 17 · ★ 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.
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# Test 17 · ★ · Birthday parties

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apparently Zoe's mum only spent 2 dollars on Ruby's present, so cheap, everyone's talking about it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, everyone · **What happens:** spend, talk · **To what, where:** 2 dollars, present

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t17:1
# text = apparently Zoe's mum only spent 2 dollars on Ruby's present, so cheap, everyone's talking about it
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | Zoe's mum | 2 dollars |  |  |  | on Ruby's present *goal*; apparently *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dollar=Asset on present=Goal |
| 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  | about present | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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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}

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Only expensive gifts count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t17:o1:1
# text = Only expensive gifts count
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | expensive gifts |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Don't spread it; the thought matters, not the price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t17:o2:1
# text = Don't spread it; the thought matters, not the price
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	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **matter** | present | the thought |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tell Ruby what it cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t17:o3:1
# text = Tell Ruby what it cost
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Ruby |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent ruby=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cost** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spread it, cheap presents are rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t17:o4:1
# text = Spread it, cheap presents are rude
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | cheap presents |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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