--- title: Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation t… — Routines, screen time and earning money · tree and pragmatics description: Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation that said "RSVP by Monday". Why is that a problem? 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Why is that a problem? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** invitation · **What happens:** not answer, say, be · **To what, where:** Tom, problem · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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/264-routines-screens-and-earning/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation that said "RSVP by Monday". ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:1 # text = Two days before a party, Tom still has not answered the invitation that said "RSVP by Monday". 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 RSVP rsvp NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | Tom | | | still; day | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme invitation=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the invitation | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is that a problem? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:2 # text = Why is that a problem? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a problem | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tom will have to bring two presents because he answered late ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:o1:1 # text = Tom will have to bring two presents because he answered late 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | Tom | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Tom *not said here* | two presents | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Tom | | | | | late *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The host does not know how many children are coming ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:o2:1 # text = The host does not know how many children are coming 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | the host | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | present · progressive | many children | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The invitation runs out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:o3:1 # text = The invitation runs out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run out** | present | the invitation | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The party will be cancelled ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t9:o4:1 # text = The party will be cancelled 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 cancelled cancel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | future · passive | | the party | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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