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title: A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out. What is wi… — Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a clas… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out. What is wise? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 330 «Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch, learning to cook, pocket money, southern seasons, jobs and salaries, and festivals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 5 · ★ · Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch,…

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A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out. What is wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, mum · **What happens:** want, make, be · **To what, where:** pancakes

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 330 «Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch, learning to cook, pocket money, southern seasons, jobs and salaries, and festivals» 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/330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:1
# text = A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | pancakes |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pancake=Product |
| 3 | **is** | present | girl's mum |  |  |  |  | out *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:2
# text = What is wise?
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	wise	wise	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ask a younger brother to help instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:o1:1
# text = Ask a younger brother to help instead
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a younger brother |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use the highest heat to save time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:o2:1
# text = Use the highest heat to save time
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the highest heat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Wait and make them with an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:o3:1
# text = Wait and make them with an adult
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | with a adult | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Make them quickly before Mum is back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals:t5:o4:1
# text = Make them quickly before Mum is back
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | before Mum | quickly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | back *property* | 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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