--- title: Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing s… — Police, courts and prison · tree and pragmatics description: Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." Why is she upset? 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Why is she upset? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Neighbour, someone, she · **What happens:** shake, not be, care, know, be · **To what, where:** telly, bedroom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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/30-police-courts-and-prison/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:1 # text = Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." 1 Neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | gerund | Neighbour *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Neighbour | the telly | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **care** *in a quote* | present | Neighbour | | | | | about *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Neighbour | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | someone | | | our bedroom | | | 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:* Why is she upset? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:2 # text = Why is she upset? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She did not like the telly much anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:o1:1 # text = She did not like the telly much anyway 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | She | the telly | | | | anyway *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot telly=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She is cross the burglar was untidy ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:o2:1 # text = She is cross the burglar was untidy 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 cop _ _ 3 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 burglar burglar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 untidy untidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the burglar | | | | | untidy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} She wants a new bedroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:o3:1 # text = She wants a new bedroom 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | She | a new bedroom | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bedroom=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Burglary makes people feel unsafe at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t3:o4:1 # text = Burglary makes people feel unsafe at home 1 Burglary burglary NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 unsafe unsafe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Burglary | people | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | unsafe *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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