--- title: Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing… — When parents separate · tree and pragmatics description: Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". What are they arguing about? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 15 «When parents separate» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [When parents separate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · When parents separate Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". What are they arguing about? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, Eve, kitchen, ups · **What happens:** grow, want, be, argue · **To what, where:** Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, bloody nightmare This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 15 «When parents separate» 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/15-when-parents-separate/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:1 # text = Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". 1 Grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Eve Eve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 Boxing Boxing PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 nightmare nightmare NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | she | Christmas Eve | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eve=Theme | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Eve | Boxing Day | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot day=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | kitchen | a bloody nightmare | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What are they arguing about? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:2 # text = What are they arguing about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arguing argue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · progressive | ups *= up* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Which day the bins go out at Christmas ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:o1:1 # text = Which day the bins go out at Christmas 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bins bin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | present | the bins | | | Christmas | day | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} What to cook for Christmas dinner this year, turkey or beef or something else ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:o2:1 # text = What to cook for Christmas dinner this year, turkey or beef or something else 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 conj _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive | | | | | year | for Christmas dinner | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Material for dinner=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Which parent the children spend each part of Christmas with ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:o3:1 # text = Which parent the children spend each part of Christmas with 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spend spend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | present | which parent | each part of Christmas | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Which shop to buy the presents from ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t5:o4:1 # text = Which shop to buy the presents from 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive | which shop | the presents | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme | **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. 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