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title: apparently on Halloween someone put razor blades in all the sweets o… — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently on Halloween someone put razor blades in all the sweets on our street. probably just a rumour? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 
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# Test 19 · ★ · Holidays of the region

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
apparently on Halloween someone put razor blades in all the sweets on our street. probably just a rumour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** put · **To what, where:** razor blades, someone

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t19:1
# text = apparently on Halloween someone put razor blades in all the sweets on our street. probably just a rumour?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	razor	razor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
16	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past |  | razor blades |  | someone |  | in all sweets; on our street; a rumour *obl*; apparently *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme on someone=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it happens every year to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t19:o1:1
# text = No, it happens every year to everyone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | it |  |  |  | year | to everyone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very likely, but adults still check treats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t19:o2:1
# text = Very likely, but adults still check treats
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | adults | treats |  |  | still |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, so never trick-or-treat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t19:o3:1
# text = No, so never trick-or-treat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	treat	treat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trick** | imperative | you *not said here* | treat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, all sweets have blades in them now, so throw them away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t19:o4:1
# text = No, all sweets have blades in them now, so throw them away
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	blades	blade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | all sweets | blades |  |  | now | in blades *= blade* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Patient |
| 2 | **throw away** | infinitive | all sweets *not said here* | sweets *= sweet* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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