--- title: At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive he… — Interrupting, boasting, your own story… · tree and pragmatics description: At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive here.» What is the likely result? 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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/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive here.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:1 # text = At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive here.» 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | | | a birthday party | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My present | | | here | | expensive *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the likely result? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:2 # text = What is the likely result? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the likely result | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The birthday child feels thankful ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:o1:1 # text = The birthday child feels thankful 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | the birthday child | | | | | thankful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Others feel small and may not want to play with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:o2:1 # text = Others feel small and may not want to play with him 1 Others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | Others | | | | | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **want** | may | Others *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Others *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Everyone will bring bigger presents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:o3:1 # text = Everyone will bring bigger presents 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | Everyone | bigger presents | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Everyone likes him more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:t2:o4:1 # text = Everyone likes him more 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Everyone | him *= he* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | **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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