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title: «Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him». What's tr… — Friends who get it · tree and pragmatics
description: «Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him». What's true? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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 3 · ★★★ · Friends who get it

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«Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Shay, it · **What happens:** be, invite · **To what, where:** home, much hassle, Shay

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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/525-friends-who-get-it/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:1
# text = «Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shay	Shay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hassle	hassle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	invite	invite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Shay |  |  | a home and much hassle |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | much hassle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **invite** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Shay *not said here* |  | Shay |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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A form is a small thing; just invite him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:o1:1
# text = A form is a small thing; just invite him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a form | a small thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **invite** | infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's kinder not to invite kids in care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:o2:1
# text = It's kinder not to invite kids in care
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	invite	invite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **invite** | to-infinitive |  |  | kids | care |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only kids in care can invite kids in care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:o3:1
# text = Only kids in care can invite kids in care
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	invite	invite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | can | kids in care |  | kids | care |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kids in care are never allowed at parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t3:o4:1
# text = Kids in care are never allowed at parties
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Kids in care |  | parties |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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