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# Test 10 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

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Mum whispers, "Mrs Green's not herself, keep an eye on her." What should you understand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, you · **What happens:** whisper, keep, understand · **To what, where:** Mum, eye · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum whispers, "Mrs Green's not herself, keep an eye on her."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:1
# text = Mum whispers, "Mrs Green's not herself, keep an eye on her."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Mum | Mum |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a eye |  |  |  | on Mum | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on she=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 should you understand?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:2
# text = What should you understand?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mrs Green has been replaced by a different woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:o1:1
# text = Mrs Green has been replaced by a different woman
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	1	flat	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | present · perfect · passive | a different woman | Mrs |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mrs Green is acting differently and may be unwell or upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:o2:1
# text = Mrs Green is acting differently and may be unwell or upset
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	unwell	unwell	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present · progressive | Mrs |  |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | may | Mrs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unwell *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Mrs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mrs Green is in trouble with the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:o3:1
# text = Mrs Green is in trouble with the police
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mrs |  |  | trouble |  | with the police | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mrs Green wants you to watch her house for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t10:o4:1
# text = Mrs Green wants you to watch her house for her
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	1	flat	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Mrs | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Mrs's house |  |  |  | for Mrs | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location for she=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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