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Test 5 · ★ 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 optio --- [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/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/) / [New partners and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · New partners and step-families Your mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this." Which is closest to how he feels? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, I · **What happens:** go, not ask, be, feel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:1 # text = Your mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ugh ugh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 MY my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 weekend weekend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | | | | now; weekend | 's mate's kid in MY room | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past · do-support | I | | | | | for this | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Which is closest to how he feels? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:2 # text = Which is closest to how he feels? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 4 to to SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | present | mate | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Happy to have a new best friend to play with every weekend ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:o1:1 # text = Happy to have a new best friend to play with every weekend 1 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 weekend weekend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | to-infinitive | | a new best friend | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | | a new best friend *not said here* | | | weekend | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Glad to be moving to a bigger house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:o2:1 # text = Glad to be moving to a bigger house 1 Glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | to-infinitive · progressive | | | | a bigger house | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Upset that blending families means sharing space ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:o3:1 # text = Upset that blending families means sharing space 1 Upset upset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 csubj _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 blending blending NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 ccomp _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sharing share VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **upset** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **family** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **share** *not said to happen* | gerund | | space | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Bored because nothing has changed at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t5:o4:1 # text = Bored because nothing has changed at home 1 Bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present · perfect · passive | | nothing | | home | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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