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title: Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on." Why? — Coffee, tea, wine and the pub · tree and pragmatics
description: Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on." Why? Test 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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 3 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

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Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on." Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, kettle · **What happens:** hang up, say on

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This is test 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:1
# text = Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on."
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang up** | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say on** *speech: assert* | present | kettle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Making tea is her way of pausing and coping together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:o1:1
# text = Making tea is her way of pausing and coping together
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pausing	pause	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	coping	cope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | tea |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tea=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Making | her way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pause** | gerund | her way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cope** | gerund | her way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is far too thirsty to think about the news until she has had a drink

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:o2:1
# text = She is far too thirsty to think about the news until she has had a drink
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | far, thirsty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about the news | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present · perfect | she | a drink |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The news was about her kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:o3:1
# text = The news was about her kettle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the news |  |  |  |  | about her kettle | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is pretending nothing happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub:t3:o4:1
# text = She is pretending nothing happened
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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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