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title: everyone's saying the new girl's rude cos she didn't say thank you w… — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: everyone's saying the new girl's rude cos she didn't say thank you when Ms Lee gave her the book Test 17 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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.
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# Test 17 · Manners and kindness

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everyone's saying the new girl's rude cos she didn't say thank you when Ms Lee gave her the book

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone, girl, Ms · **What happens:** say, not say, thank, give · **To what, where:** rude cos, you, book, girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t17:1
# text = everyone's saying the new girl's rude cos she didn't say thank you when Ms Lee gave her the book
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	thank	thank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	Ms	Ms	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | the new girl's rude cos |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cos=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | girl | the new girl's rude cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cos=Topic |
| 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | infinitive |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 4 | **give** | past | Ms | the book | girl |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient book=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Do not spread it; she may be shy or new, and labelling her is unkind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t17:o1:1
# text = Do not spread it; she may be shy or new, and labelling her is unkind
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	labelling	labell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	csubj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | may | she |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **labell** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present | labelling |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spread it, and say she was rude twice and rolled her eyes at Ms Lee

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t17:o2:1
# text = Spread it, and say she was rude twice and rolled her eyes at Ms Lee
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Ms	Ms	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | rude, twice *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **roll** | past | you *not said here* | her eyes |  | Ms Lee |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at lee=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spread it, so she learns manners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t17:o3:1
# text = Spread it, so she learns manners
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | present | she | manners |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spread it, because one time proves it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t17:o4:1
# text = Spread it, because one time proves it
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | present | one time | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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