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title: Which is true about the festivals in a class in Toronto? — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about the festivals in a class in Toronto? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

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Which is true about the festivals in a class in Toronto?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t1:1
# text = Which is true about the festivals in a class in Toronto?
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	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the festivals in a class in Toronto; true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Only the festivals of the biggest group in the class deserve respect at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t1:o1:1
# text = Only the festivals of the biggest group in the class deserve respect at school
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | the festivals of the biggest group in the class | respect |  | school |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is rude to mention festivals at school at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t1:o2:1
# text = It is rude to mention festivals at school at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | festivals |  | school |  | at all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent festival=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Everyone must celebrate the same festivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t1:o3:1
# text = Everyone must celebrate the same festivals
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | must | Everyone | the same festivals |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Different children may celebrate different festivals, and all deserve respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t1:o4:1
# text = Different children may celebrate different festivals, and all deserve respect
1	Different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | may | Different children | different festivals |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent festival=Theme |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | all | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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