--- title: Noah bought his sister a game too. What did he find out? — Gift cards and birthday money: making… · tree and pragmatics description: Noah bought his sister a game too. What did he find out? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last Noah bought his sister a game too. What did he find out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah · **What happens:** buy, find out · **To what, where:** game, sister This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Noah bought his sister a game too. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:1 # text = Noah bought his sister a game too. 1 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | Noah | a game | Noah's sister | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary game=Theme | 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 did he find out? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:2 # text = What did he find out? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past · do-support | Noah | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Giving can be one of the best ways to enjoy money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:o1:1 # text = Giving can be one of the best ways to enjoy money 1 Giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | can | | one | | | | of the best ways | tree rules | | 3 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | | money | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He should never share anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:o2:1 # text = He should never share anything 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **share** | should | He | anything | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gifts are a waste of money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:o3:1 # text = Gifts are a waste of money 1 Gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Gifts | a waste | | | | of money | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sisters never say thank you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t10:o4:1 # text = Sisters never say thank you 1 Sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Sisters | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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