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title: «i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good». What's wrong… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: «i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good». What's wrong with that? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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 11 · ★★ · When you want what others have

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«i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good». What's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** say, thank, be · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:1
# text = «i'll say thank you to Nan only if the present's good».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present |  |  | you |  |  | to Nan | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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's wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:2
# text = What's wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, only good presents count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:o1:1
# text = Nothing, only good presents count
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | good presents |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Thanks is for her care, not the price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:o2:1
# text = Thanks is for her care, not the price
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Thanks |  |  |  |  | for her care; the price *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thank-yous are only for birthdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:o3:1
# text = Thank-yous are only for birthdays
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	yous	you	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | yous |  |  |  |  | for birthdays | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nan won't notice either way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t11:o4:1
# text = Nan won't notice either way
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | future | Nan | either way |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |

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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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