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description: Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home." What is she talking about? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · ★ · A new baby in the house

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Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home." What is she talking about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, things · **What happens:** be, week, depend, go, talk about · **To what, where:** home · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:1
# text = Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
19	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
21	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | might | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with us | tree rules |
| 2 | **week** *in a quote* |  | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | Mum on the phone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | things |  |  | home |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at home=Location |

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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 she talking about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:2
# text = What is she talking about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk about** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A foster child staying with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:o1:1
# text = A foster child staying with them
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund | a foster child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An adopted child who stays forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:o2:1
# text = An adopted child who stays forever
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | present | a adopted child |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A new baby born in the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:o3:1
# text = A new baby born in the family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | a new baby *not said here* |  | the family |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A cousin on a summer visit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t7:o4:1
# text = A cousin on a summer visit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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