--- title: Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so M… — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." Put him right. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/t2/) [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/) / [New partners and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · New partners and step-families Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, girlfriend, Mum, you · **What happens:** say, be, not be, put · **To what, where:** new mum, mum, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» 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/16-new-partners-and-step-families/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:1 # text = Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 girlfriend girlfriend NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 17 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 22 any any ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your little brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dad's girlfriend | our new mum | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Mum | our mum | | | | | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | brother | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Mum is still our mum; Dad's partner could be a step-mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:o1:1 # text = Mum is still our mum; Dad's partner could be a step-mum 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 7 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mum | our mum and a step mum | | | still | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | could | Dad's partner | a step mum | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's right, but only at weekends ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:o2:1 # text = He's right, but only at weekends 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | weekend | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's right, the new partner replaces Mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:o3:1 # text = He's right, the new partner replaces Mum 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replaces replace VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **replace** | present | the new partner | Mum | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mum=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mum stops being Mum only if they marry ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t2:o4:1 # text = Mum stops being Mum only if they marry 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 marry marry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Mum | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | Mum | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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