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title: my cousin says Noah's family doesn't do birthdays cos they're weird,… — Birthday parties · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says Noah's family doesn't do birthdays cos they're weird, should i tell the class Test 18 · ★ 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.
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# Test 18 · ★ · Birthday parties

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my cousin says Noah's family doesn't do birthdays cos they're weird, should i tell the class

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, family, birthdays, i · **What happens:** say, not do, be, tell · **To what, where:** birthdays, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t18:1
# text = my cousin says Noah's family doesn't do birthdays cos they're weird, should i tell the class
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present · do-support | Noah's family | birthdays |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present | birthdays *= birthday* |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | i | the class |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No; some families and religions don't do birthdays, and that is respected

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t18:o1:1
# text = No; some families and religions don't do birthdays, and that is respected
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present · do-support | some families and religions | birthdays |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Eventuality |
| 2 | **respect** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Invite him anyway and tease him at the party until he joins in with the cake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t18:o2:1
# text = Invite him anyway and tease him at the party until he joins in with the cake
1	Invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tease	tease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | anyway *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **tease** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the party |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **join in** | present | he |  |  |  |  | with the cake | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with cake=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the class should know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, the class should know
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | the class |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask his parents why they're weird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t18:o4:1
# text = Ask his parents why they're weird
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | his parents |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

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