--- title: «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». Wise reply? — Gift cards and birthday money: making… · tree and pragmatics description: «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». Wise reply? Test 1 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Gift cards and birthday money: making…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/) / t1 # Test 1 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». Wise reply? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get, spend · **To what, where:** 3 gift cards, em This is test 1 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:1 # text = «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 ALL all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 lol lol INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | | 3 gift cards | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus | | 2 | **spend** *in a quote* | gerund | | em *= they* | | | tonight | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | 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:* Wise reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:2 # text = Wise reply? 1 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Spend them fast before the codes disappear ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:o1:1 # text = Spend them fast before the codes disappear 1 Spend spend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 codes code NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | fast *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | | 2 | **disappear** | present | the codes | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Buy three of the same skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:o2:1 # text = Buy three of the same skin 1 Buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | three of the same skin | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Spread it out so the fun lasts longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:o3:1 # text = Spread it out so the fun lasts longer 1 Spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lasts last VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **last** | present | the fun | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Give them away to strangers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t1:o4:1 # text = Give them away to strangers 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | to strangers; away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to stranger=Recipient | **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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