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title: Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's… — When parents separate · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's at Mum's this week. What is a good idea? Test 8 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · When parents separate

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Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's at Mum's this week. What is a good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, favourite teddy, she · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** good idea

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's at Mum's this week.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:1
# text = Your cousin is sad because her favourite teddy is at Dad's and she's at Mum's this week.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | her favourite teddy |  |  |  |  | at Dad and Mum's week | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  | at Mum's week |  | 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 a good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:2
# text = What is a good idea?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Buy a second teddy and throw away the first one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:o1:1
# text = Buy a second teddy and throw away the first one
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a second teddy |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme |
| 2 | **throw away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the first one |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask to move to Dad's for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:o2:1
# text = Ask to move to Dad's for good
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  |  | for good | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to dad=Result |

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

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Keep a small bag of the most important things that travels with her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:o3:1
# text = Keep a small bag of the most important things that travels with her
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | a small bag of the important things |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
| 2 | **travel** | present | the important things |  |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never take the teddy anywhere again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:15-when-parents-separate:t8:o4:1
# text = Never take the teddy anywhere again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the teddy |  |  | again | anywhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme |

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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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