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# Test 2 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

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next morning it's all "pass the salt" "ask your mother". no one's talking to anyone. what is this

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, one · **What happens:** be, ask, talk · **To what, where:** mother

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t2:1
# text = next morning it's all "pass the salt" "ask your mother". no one's talking to anyone. what is this
1	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	ccomp	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
26	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  | morning | all, pass *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | your mother |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient |
| 3 | **talk** | present · progressive | no one |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A game where nobody may speak until somebody laughs out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t2:o1:1
# text = A game where nobody may speak until somebody laughs out loud
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
9	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | may | nobody |  |  |  | until somebody |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh out** | present | a game |  |  |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Breakfast always has to be silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t2:o2:1
# text = Breakfast always has to be silent
1	Breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Breakfast |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Breakfast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They both have sore throats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t2:o3:1
# text = They both have sore throats
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	throats	throat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | sore throats |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throat=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The silent treatment, they are still cross with each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t2:o4:1
# text = The silent treatment, they are still cross with each other
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	8	obl	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the silent treatment |  |  |  | still | with each; cross *property* | tree rules |

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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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