--- title: Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's be… — Smoking, vaping and betting: habits th… · tree and pragmatics description: Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone." What does Uncle need? 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What does Uncle need? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aunt, Kerry, rent, Uncle · **What happens:** swear, stop, bet, be, need · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» 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/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:1 # text = Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone." 1 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 Kerry Kerry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 crying cry NOUN VBG _ 1 appos _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 betting bet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 26 a.m. a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:unmarked _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** *in a quote* | past | Aunt | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Kerry | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **bet** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Kerry | | | | | at 3 a.m.; on Kerry's phone | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on phone=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the rent | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | 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:* What does Uncle need? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:2 # text = What does Uncle need? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | Uncle | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Help for a gambling addiction ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:o1:1 # text = Help for a gambling addiction 1 Help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 gambling gambling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 addiction addiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A luckier betting app ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:o2:1 # text = A luckier betting app 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 luckier lucky ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 3 betting betting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} More money to win the rent back ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:o3:1 # text = More money to win the rent back 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rent rent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win back** | to-infinitive | | the rent | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} A new phone with a bigger screen ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:28-smoking-vaping-and-betting:t7:o4:1 # text = A new phone with a bigger screen 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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