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title: Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years! I can't imagine putting up with a… — Gran, cousins and the whole wide family · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years! I can't imagine putting up with anyone that long." What is it for? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 8 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family

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Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years! I can't imagine putting up with anyone that long." What is it for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, I · **What happens:** read, not imagine, put up, be · **To what, where:** card

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» 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/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:1
# text = Mum, reading a card: "Fifty years!
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund | Mum | a card |  |  | year |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Topic |

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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:* I can't imagine putting up with anyone that long."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:2
# text = I can't imagine putting up with anyone that long."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	RB	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **imagine** | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **put up** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with anyone | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is it for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:3
# text = What is it for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A silver wedding anniversary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:o1:1
# text = A silver wedding anniversary
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A retirement party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:o2:1
# text = A retirement party
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fiftieth birthday party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:o3:1
# text = A fiftieth birthday party
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fiftieth	fiftieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A golden wedding anniversary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t8:o4:1
# text = A golden wedding anniversary
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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