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title: sweets for the prize are on the table, bag's open. «no one'll notice… — Giggles, skipping and the collection p… · tree and pragmatics
description: sweets for the prize are on the table, bag's open. «no one'll notice a few». What's right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

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sweets for the prize are on the table, bag's open. «no one'll notice a few». What's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sweets, one · **What happens:** be, notice · **To what, where:** table, few

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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/364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* sweets for the prize are on the table, bag's open.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:1
# text = sweets for the prize are on the table, bag's open.
1	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sweets for the prize |  |  | the table and bag |  |  | 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:* «no one'll notice a few».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:2
# text = «no one'll notice a few».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** *in a quote* | future | no one | a few |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer few=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:3
# text = What's right?
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	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Take a few, it's an open bag anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:o1:1
# text = Take a few, it's an open bag anyway
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a few |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a open bag |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Leave them; they're for the prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:o2:1
# text = Leave them; they're for the prize
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | they |  |  |  |  | for the prize | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take one each for your friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:o3:1
# text = Take one each for your friends
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  |  |  | for your friends | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument one=Theme each=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Swap them for worse sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:364-giggles-sunday-school-and-the-collection-plate:t8:o4:1
# text = Swap them for worse sweets
1	Swap	swap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | for worse sweets | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme for sweet=Co-Theme |

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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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