Test 18 · ★ · Birthday parties

my cousin says Noah's family doesn't do birthdays cos they're weird, should i tell the class

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, family, birthdays, i · What happens: say, not do, be, tell · To what, where: birthdays, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 family	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Noah	case
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
10	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	obj
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 weird	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 weird	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 weird	cop
14	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 do	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	aux
17	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 class	det
20	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not do	present · do-support	Noah's family	birthdays		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Eventuality
3	is	present	birthdays = birthday		weird property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	should	i	the class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; some families and religions don't do birthdays, and that is respected

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 do	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 families	det
4	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 religions	cc
6	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 families	conj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 respected	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 respected	cc
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 respected	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 respected	aux:pass
15	respected	respect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 do	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present · do-support	some families and religions	birthdays					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Eventuality
2	respect	present · passive		that					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 2

Invite him anyway and tease him at the party until he joins in with the cake

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Invite	obj
3	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Invite	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 tease	cc
5	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Invite	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tease	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tease	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 joins	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 joins	nsubj
12	joins	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tease	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 joins	compound:prt
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 cake	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cake	det
16	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 joins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	invite	imperative	you not said here		him = he		anyway property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	tease	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		the party		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	join in	present	he				with the cake	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with cake=Co-Patient

Option 3

Yes, the class should know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 know	aux
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	the class						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Ask his parents why they're weird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 weird	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 weird	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weird	cop
7	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		his parents				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	is	present	parents = parent					weird property	tree rules

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