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description: overheard Dad on phone: "Yeah, roses, the red ones... no, I was an idiot last night." What is he doing? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

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overheard Dad on phone: "Yeah, roses, the red ones... no, I was an idiot last night." What is he doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, he · **What happens:** overhear, be, do · **To what, where:** Dad, phone, idiot

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* overheard Dad on phone: "Yeah, roses, the red ones... no, I was an idiot last night."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:1
# text = overheard Dad on phone: "Yeah, roses, the red ones... no, I was an idiot last night."
1	overheard	overhear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	20	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	idiot	idiot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
21	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | past |  | Dad |  | phone | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | I | a idiot |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is he doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:2
# text = What is he doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Getting flowers to make up after a row

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:o1:1
# text = Getting flowers to make up after a row
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | flowers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after a row |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Booking a table for a party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:o2:1
# text = Booking a table for a party
1	Booking	book	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **book** | gerund |  | a table |  |  |  | for a party | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent table=Theme for party=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Ordering red roses to plant in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:o3:1
# text = Ordering red roses to plant in the garden
1	Ordering	order	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | gerund |  | red roses |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme |
| 2 | **plant** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in garden=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Telling a friend about a film

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up:t3:o4:1
# text = Telling a friend about a film
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | a friend |  |  | about a film | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient about film=Topic |

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