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title: Which is true about thanking people? — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about thanking people? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

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Which is true about thanking people?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, thank · **To what, where:** people

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t4:1
# text = Which is true about thanking people?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  |  | people |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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

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A message is fine for small things, but a card means more for big gifts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t4:o1:1
# text = A message is fine for small things, but a card means more for big gifts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a message |  |  |  |  | for small things; fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a card | more |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Handwritten cards are only for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t4:o2:1
# text = Handwritten cards are only for adults
1	Handwritten	handwritten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Handwritten cards |  |  |  |  | for adults | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only gifts you like need thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t4:o3:1
# text = Only gifts you like need thanks
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | you | gifts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | gifts | thanks |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thanks=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Messages are always rude, so only ever send a card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t4:o4:1
# text = Messages are always rude, so only ever send a card
1	Messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Messages |  |  |  |  | always, rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive | Messages *not said here* | a card |  |  | ever |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |

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**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.

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