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title: Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday. Your bro… — Grown-ups who argue and make up · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday. Your brother asks "so do you hate each other now?" What does Mum most likely mean? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

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Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday. Your brother asks "so do you hate each other now?" What does Mum most likely mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, brother, you · **What happens:** say, disagree, go, ask, hate, mean · **To what, where:** holiday, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:1
# text = Mum says she and Dad disagree about where to go on holiday.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **disagree** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  | holiday |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location |

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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:* Your brother asks "so do you hate each other now?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:2
# text = Your brother asks "so do you hate each other now?"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	8	obj	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | each |  |  | now |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What does Mum most likely mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:3
# text = What does Mum most likely mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Mum |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They will never go on holiday again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:o1:1
# text = They will never go on holiday again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | future | They |  |  | holiday | again |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They have stopped loving each other because of the holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:o2:1
# text = They have stopped loving each other because of the holiday
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	loving	love	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obj	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · perfect | They |  |  |  |  | because the holiday | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **love** | gerund | They *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |

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

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Disagreeing is normal and they will decide together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:o3:1
# text = Disagreeing is normal and they will decide together
1	Disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **decide** | future | they |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One of them will go on holiday alone forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t12:o4:1
# text = One of them will go on holiday alone forever
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | future | One of them |  |  | holiday |  | alone, forever *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location |

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