--- title: Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet… — When Grandma and Grandad need more help · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet?" She has dementia. What is the best thing to do? 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What is the best thing to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandma, you, best thing · **What happens:** ask, have, be, do · **To what, where:** you, tea, dementia · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:1 # text = Grandma asks you three times in an hour, "Have you had your tea, pet?" 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Grandma | | you | | hour; time | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | your tea and pet | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* She has dementia. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:2 # text = She has dementia. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 dementia dementia NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Grandma | dementia | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dementia=Patient | *Sentence 3:* What is the best thing to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:3 # text = What is the best thing to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the best thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tell her crossly she already asked ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:o1:1 # text = Tell her crossly she already asked 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 crossly crossly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | crossly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Answer kindly each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:o2:1 # text = Answer kindly each time 1 Answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | kindly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell her she is being silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:o3:1 # text = Tell her she is being silly 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ignore her until she stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t4:o4:1 # text = Ignore her until she stops 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | present | she | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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. 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