--- title: Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about… — Police, courts and prison · tree and pragmatics description: Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." Why? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/t5/) [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/) / [Police, courts and prison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Police, courts and prison Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." Why? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** not tell · **To what, where:** thing, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:1 # text = Mum, after two weeks of jury service: "Can't tell you a thing about it, love." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | Mum and two weeks of jury service | a thing | you | | | about thing; love *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient thing=Topic | 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? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was too boring to talk about ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:o1:1 # text = It was too boring to talk about 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | boring *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **talk about** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was not really on a jury ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:o2:1 # text = She was not really on a jury 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | a jury | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Jurors must keep the case private ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:o3:1 # text = Jurors must keep the case private 1 Jurors juror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | must | Jurors | the case | | | | private *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She has forgotten everything already ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:t5:o4:1 # text = She has forgotten everything already 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 already already ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | She | everything | | | | | 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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