Test 2 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

Why is it a good idea to say thank you for a gift you do not like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, say, thank, not like · To what, where: good idea, you, gift · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 idea	expl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 idea	acl
9	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	ccomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 thank	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 gift	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 gift	det
13	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thank	obl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 like	nsubj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 like	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 like	advmod
17	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 gift	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good idea			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	thank speech: thank	infinitive			you	for a gift	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for gift=Attribute
4	not like	present · do-support	you	a gift not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gift=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

You might get a better present next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 present	det
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 present	amod
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	might	You	a better present			time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus

Option 2

It is a rule only for birthdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rule	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 birthdays	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 birthdays	case
7	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rule				for birthdays	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The giver spent thought, time or money on you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giver	det
2	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	nsubj:pass
3	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	aux:pass
4	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 money	cc
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · passive		the giver			time		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Saying thank you means you must keep it forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 means	csubj
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	present			you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	mean	present	Saying				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	keep	must	you	it		forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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