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description: You gave a cheap but carefully chosen book as a present, and your friend got an expensive game from someone else. What matters most? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Birthday parties

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You gave a cheap but carefully chosen book as a present, and your friend got an expensive game from someone else. What matters most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, friend · **What happens:** give, choose, get, matter · **To what, where:** cheap book, expensive game, someone

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You gave a cheap but carefully chosen book as a present, and your friend got an expensive game from someone else.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:1
# text = You gave a cheap but carefully chosen book as a present, and your friend got an expensive game from someone else.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obl	_	_
22	else	else	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | You | a cheap book |  |  |  | as a present | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | participle | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | past | your friend | a expensive game |  | someone |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent game=Theme from someone=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What matters most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:2
# text = What matters most?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Who gave the biggest box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:o1:1
# text = Who gave the biggest box
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | the biggest box |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Which present arrived first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:o2:1
# text = Which present arrived first
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | which present |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Which of the two presents cost more money in the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:o3:1
# text = Which of the two presents cost more money in the shop
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the two presents | more money |  | the shop |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme which=Beneficiary money=Value |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The thought behind the present, not the price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t4:o4:1
# text = The thought behind the present, not the price
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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