--- title: whys he not eating at lunch, its weird — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics description: whys he not eating at lunch, its weird Test 13 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/t13/) [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/) / [Respecting the festivals and tradition…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates whys he not eating at lunch, its weird **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whys · **What happens:** not eat · **To what, where:** lunch This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t13:1 # text = whys he not eating at lunch, its weird 1 whys why NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | gerund | whys | | | lunch | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Make him eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t13:o1:1 # text = Make him eat 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's just being silly and showing off, ignore him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t13:o2:1 # text = He's just being silly and showing off, ignore him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 ignore ignore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · progressive | He | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **show off** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ignore** | infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He may be fasting for Ramadan; be kind, not mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t13:o3:1 # text = He may be fasting for Ramadan; be kind, not mean 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 fasting fast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 csubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ramadan Ramadan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fast** | may · progressive | He | | | | | for Ramadan | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tease him till he eats ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t13:o4:1 # text = Tease him till he eats 1 Tease tease VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | present | he | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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