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title: Dad on the phone: "Nan's gone over again, broke her hip this time, t… — When Grandma and Grandad need more help · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad on the phone: "Nan's gone over again, broke her hip this time, they're keeping her in." What happened? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

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Dad on the phone: "Nan's gone over again, broke her hip this time, they're keeping her in." What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan, Dad, they · **What happens:** go over, break, keep in, happen · **To what, where:** Dad, hip, Nan

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad on the phone: "Nan's gone over again, broke her hip this time, they're keeping her in."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:1
# text = Dad on the phone: "Nan's gone over again, broke her hip this time, they're keeping her in."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	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	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go over** *in a quote* | present · passive | Nan | Dad on the phone *not said here* |  |  | again |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | past | Dad on the phone | Nan's hip |  |  | time |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hip=Patient |
| 3 | **keep in** *in a quote* | present · progressive | they | Nan |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nan broke a dish and is keeping it as a souvenir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:o1:1
# text = Nan broke a dish and is keeping it as a souvenir
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	souvenir	souvenir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | Nan | a dish |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dish=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | present · progressive | Nan *not said here* | dish |  |  |  | as a souvenir | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nan went over to a friend's and stayed for tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:o2:1
# text = Nan went over to a friend's and stayed for tea
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go over** | past | Nan |  |  |  |  | to a friend; over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | Nan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nan fell, broke her hip and is staying in hospital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:o3:1
# text = Nan fell, broke her hip and is staying in hospital
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | Nan *not said here* | Nan's hip |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hip=Patient |
| 3 | **stay** | present · progressive | Nan *not said here* |  |  | hospital |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hospital=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nan went on holiday and is staying longer than planned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t2:o4:1
# text = Nan went on holiday and is staying longer than planned
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Nan |  |  | holiday |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | present · progressive | Nan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **plan** | participle | Nan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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