Test 4 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

Which is true about thanking people?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, thank · To what, where: people

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 thanking	mark
5	thanking	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 true	advcl
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thanking	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	thank speech: thank	gerund			people				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme

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

A message is fine for small things, but a card means more for big gifts

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 means	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	nsubj
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	parataxis
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 means	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 gifts	case
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gifts	amod
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a message					for small things; fine property	tree rules
2	mean	present	a card	more					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic

Option 2

Handwritten cards are only for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Handwritten	handwritten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cards	amod
2	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adults	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 adults	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 adults	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 adults	case
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Handwritten cards					for adults	tree rules

Option 3

Only gifts you like need thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 gifts	advmod
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 like	nsubj
4	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gifts	acl:relcl
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	you	gifts not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme
2	need	present	gifts	thanks					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thanks=Theme

Option 4

Messages are always rude, so only ever send a card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rude	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 rude	advmod
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 send	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 send	advmod
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 send	advmod
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 send	advmod
9	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rude	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Messages					always, rude property	tree rules
2	send	infinitive	Messages not said here	a card			ever		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

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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