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title: Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy." Put him… — Shifts, nights and other ways of working · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy." Put him right. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» 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 was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

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Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy." Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, mum, you · **What happens:** say, sleep, be, put · **To what, where:** cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» 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/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t2:1
# text = Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | My mum |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mum |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | 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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working: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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | cousin |  |  | 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}

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She works night shifts and must sleep in the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t2:o1:1
# text = She works night shifts and must sleep in the day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shifts	shift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | She | night shifts |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent shift=Material |
| 2 | **sleep** | must | She *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She sleeps because she has no job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t2:o2:1
# text = She sleeps because she has no job
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | she | no job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She must be ill and should see a doctor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t2:o3:1
# text = She must be ill and should see a doctor
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | She |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | should | She *not said here* | a doctor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is right, sleeping in the day is lazy and always will be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t2:o4:1
# text = He is right, sleeping in the day is lazy and always will be
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | sleeping |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | future | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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