--- title: Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he m… — Finding a job and getting on · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he misses work." Why might Grandad be restless? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Finding a job and getting on](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he misses work." Why might Grandad be restless? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** retire, drive, miss, be · **To what, where:** Grandma, me, bend, work This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» 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/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he misses work." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:1 # text = Grandma: "Since Grandad retired he's driving me round the bend, he misses work." 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Since since SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 retired retire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 xcomp _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 round round ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bend bend NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retire** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | Grandma *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drive** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Grandad | me | | the bend | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme round bend=Trajectory | | 3 | **miss** *in a quote* | present | Grandad | work | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | 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:* Why might Grandad be restless? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:2 # text = Why might Grandad be restless? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 restless restless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | Grandad | | | | | restless *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He has to work twice as hard now that he is at home all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:o1:1 # text = He has to work twice as hard now that he is at home all day 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | day | hard, twice *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | home | now | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He lost all his money when he retired ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:o2:1 # text = He lost all his money when he retired 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 retired retire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his money | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality | | 2 | **retire** | past | he | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He misses the routine, his workmates and feeling useful ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:o3:1 # text = He misses the routine, his workmates and feeling useful 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 routine routine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 workmates workmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 10 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | present | He | the routine and his workmates | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer routine=Stimulus | | 2 | **feel** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | useful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was sacked and is ashamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t6:o4:1 # text = He was sacked and is ashamed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sacked sack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sack** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | **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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