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description: On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party. Some classmates were not invited. What is kind? Test 7 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 7 · ★ · Birthday parties

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On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party. Some classmates were not invited. What is kind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** want, tell, not invite, be · **To what, where:** school, friend, classmates · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:1
# text = On Monday at school you want to tell your friend about Saturday's party.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | you |  |  | school | monday |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | your friend |  |  | about Saturday's party | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient about party=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Some classmates were not invited.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:2
# text = Some classmates were not invited.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **invite** | past · passive |  | some classmates |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* What is kind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:3
# text = What is kind?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Talk about it later, away from those classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:o1:1
# text = Talk about it later, away from those classmates
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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about it; away, late *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Show party photos to the whole table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:o2:1
# text = Show party photos to the whole table
1	Show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Describe every game loudly in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:o3:1
# text = Describe every game loudly in class
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | every game |  | class |  | loudly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask the uninvited children why they were not there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:130-birthday-parties:t7:o4:1
# text = Ask the uninvited children why they were not there
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	uninvited	uninvited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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* |  | the uninvited children |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

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