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description: Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks." Gran: "Faddy nonsense." What does Gran think? Test 7 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 7 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks." Gran: "Faddy nonsense." What does Gran think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Gran · **What happens:** be, think · **To what, where:** new juice diet

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This is test 7 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:1
# text = Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks."
1	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | new juice diet and juice for three weeks |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Gran: "Faddy nonsense."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:2
# text = Gran: "Faddy nonsense."
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Faddy	faddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What does Gran think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:3
# text = What does Gran think?
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	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	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 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Auntie should drink more juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:o1:1
# text = Auntie should drink more juice
1	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | should | Auntie | more juice |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Juice is the best food for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:o2:1
# text = Juice is the best food for adults
1	Juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	adults	adult	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 a** | present | Juice | the best food |  |  |  | for adults | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a sensible healthy plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:o3:1
# text = It is a sensible healthy plan
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plan	plan	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 a** | present | It | a sensible healthy plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a fad diet that will not last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t7:o4:1
# text = It is a fad diet that will not last
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fad	fad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fad diet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **last** | future | a fad diet |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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