--- title: Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. Mind you, I'd strike too on… — Bad news, protests and helping others · tree and pragmatics description: Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» What does he think? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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 ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/t3/) [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/) / [Bad news, protests and helping others](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» What does he think? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Overheard Bloody trains, you, I, he · **What happens:** overhear, strike, mind, think · **To what, where:** you, pay This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:1 # text = Overheard: «Bloody trains, strike again. 1 Overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 strike strike VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | participle | | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **strike** *in a quote* | infinitive | Overheard Bloody trains | | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:2 # text = Mind you, I'd strike too on that pay.» 1 Mind mind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mind** | imperative | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | would | I | | | that pay | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pay=Location | *Sentence 3:* What does he think? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:3 # text = What does he 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 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | he | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Happy the trains are not running ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:o1:1 # text = Happy the trains are not running 1 Happy happy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happy** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **run** | present · progressive | the trains | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Annoyed by the strike but understands why ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:o2:1 # text = Annoyed by the strike but understands why 1 Annoyed annoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 strike strike NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **annoy** | participle | | | | | | by the strike | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **understand** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wants to become a train driver ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:o3:1 # text = Wants to become a train driver 1 Wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 become become VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | | a train driver | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thinks strikes are against the law ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:t3:o4:1 # text = Thinks strikes are against the law 1 Thinks think NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 strikes strike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Thinks strikes | | | | | against the law | 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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