---
title: You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday. What… — The lunchroom and school trips · tree and pragmatics
description: You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday. What could you do? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · The lunchroom and school trips

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday. What could you do?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, fish · **What happens:** dislike, pie, serve, do · **To what, where:** school

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/#t9).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:1
# text = You really dislike the fish pie served at school every Friday.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	dislike	dislike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pie	pie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislike** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pie** | present | the fish |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **serve** | participle | the fish *not said here* |  |  | school | friday |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What could you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:2
# text = What could you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | could | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Talk to your parents about a packed lunch on Fridays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:o1:1
# text = Talk to your parents about a packed lunch on Fridays
1	Talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	packed	packed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | friday | to your parents; about a packed lunch | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to parent=Co-Agent about lunch=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Throw the pie on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:o2:1
# text = Throw the pie on the floor
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pie |  | the floor |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pie=Theme on floor=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Refuse to eat anything at all on Fridays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:o3:1
# text = Refuse to eat anything at all on Fridays
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | anything |  | all | friday |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell the cooks loudly that their food is horrible and you won't eat it

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:258-lunchroom-and-school-trips:t9:o4:1
# text = Tell the cooks loudly that their food is horrible and you won't eat it
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cooks	cook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the cooks |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | cooks's food |  |  |  |  | horrible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | future | you | food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The lunchroom and school trips, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/t8/)
- next →: [The lunchroom and school trips, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/t10/)
- ↑ back to [The lunchroom and school trips](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/)