--- title: Jayden reads his notebook in December. What's it good for? — Gift cards and birthday money: making… · tree and pragmatics description: Jayden reads his notebook in December. What's it good for? Test 8 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 wrong. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last Jayden reads his notebook in December. What's it good for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jayden · **What happens:** read, be · **To what, where:** notebook This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jayden reads his notebook in December. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:1 # text = Jayden reads his notebook in December. 1 Jayden Jayden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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 notebook notebook NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Jayden | Jayden's notebook | | | | in December | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notebook=Topic | 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's it good for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:2 # text = What's it good for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Writing down cheat codes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:o1:1 # text = Writing down cheat codes 1 Writing write VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 cheat cheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 codes code NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write down** | gerund | | cheat codes | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Remembering all his friends' passwords ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:o2:1 # text = Remembering all his friends' passwords 1 Remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 passwords password NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | gerund | | his friends's passwords | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent password=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Seeing the truth about what he spends on ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:o3:1 # text = Seeing the truth about what he spends on 1 Seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 spends spend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | the truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | | 2 | **spend on** | present | he | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Proving he's better at games than his mates ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:t8:o4:1 # text = Proving he's better at games than his mates 1 Proving prove VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | games | | than his mates; good *property* | tree rules | **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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