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title: Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why mi… — A day at a grown-up's job · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why might the family make a rule about it? Test 3 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Test 3 · A day at a grown-up's job

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Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why might the family make a rule about it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** eat, make · **To what, where:** rule

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This is test 3 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:1
# text = Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	inbox	inbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	emails	email	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why might the family make a rule about it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:2
# text = Why might the family make a rule about it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | might | the family | a rule |  |  |  | about rule | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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So the kids can read all of Dad's work emails too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:o1:1
# text = So the kids can read all of Dad's work emails too
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	emails	email	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can | the kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **email** | present | all |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** |  | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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So the emails can be answered much faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:o2:1
# text = So the emails can be answered much faster
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	emails	email	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | can · passive |  | the emails |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So phones and work stay away from meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:o3:1
# text = So phones and work stay away from meals
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | present | phones and work |  |  | meals |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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So Dad has to close down his inbox for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job:t3:o4:1
# text = So Dad has to close down his inbox for good
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	inbox	inbox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close down** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | Dad's inbox |  |  |  | for good | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inbox=Patient |

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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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