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# Test 10 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others

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Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.» What does she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** say, not get, get, do · **To what, where:** penny, cuppa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:1
# text = Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.»
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Gran | a penny |  |  |  | love *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penny=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present | Gran | a cuppa and good company |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cuppa=Stimulus |

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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:* What does she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:2
# text = What does she do?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | present · do-support | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Works there for a big wage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:o1:1
# text = Works there for a big wage
1	Works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wage	wage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Owns the charity shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:o2:1
# text = Owns the charity shop
1	Owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present |  | the charity shop |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shop=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sells her own clothes for cash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:o3:1
# text = Sells her own clothes for cash
1	Sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present |  | her own clothes |  |  |  | for cash | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme for cash=Asset |

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

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Volunteers in the charity shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t10:o4:1
# text = Volunteers in the charity shop
1	Volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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