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title: A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird." Wha… — When nobody sits with you: making frie… · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird." What's a good response? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 4 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again

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A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird." What's a good response?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, Mia, that, good response · **What happens:** ask, wait, not do, be · **To what, where:** Mia, Christmas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» of the reflection 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/reflection/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:1
# text = A kid asks Mia, "wait, you don't do Christmas? that's so weird."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a kid |  | Mia |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent mia=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Mia | Christmas |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

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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 a good response?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:2
# text = What's a good response?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a good response |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Agree it's weird and pretend to do Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:o1:1
# text = Agree it's weird and pretend to do Christmas
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | Christmas |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell him about Eid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:o2:1
# text = Tell him about Eid
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | about Eid | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about eid=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk off and never talk about it again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:o3:1
# text = Walk off and never talk about it again
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk off** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say his festivals are weird instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again:t4:o4:1
# text = Say his festivals are weird instead
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | his festivals |  |  |  |  | weird *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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