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title: A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their… — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it. What is true? Test 8 · ★ 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 an
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# Test 8 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

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A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, Christmas, family · **What happens:** not join, make, not celebrate, be · **To what, where:** class

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:1
# text = A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	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	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **join** | present · do-support | a child | the class |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | Christmas |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **celebrate** | present · do-support | their family | class |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	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 |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Everyone should keep asking them why not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:o1:1
# text = Everyone should keep asking them why not
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **keep** | should | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Everyone *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are being rude to the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:o2:1
# text = They are being rude to the teacher
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | to the teacher; rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Their choice deserves respect, and they can be included in another way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:o3:1
# text = Their choice deserves respect, and they can be included in another way
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | Their choice | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **include** | can · passive |  | they |  |  |  | in another way *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in way=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They must make a Christmas card like everyone, or be sent out of the class

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t8:o4:1
# text = They must make a Christmas card like everyone, or be sent out of the class
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | must | They | a Christmas card |  |  |  | like everyone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset card=Product |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive · passive | They *not said here* |  |  | the class |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: out class=Initial\_Location |

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