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title: Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.» Is she… — When grown-ups are tired or worried · tree and pragmatics
description: Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.» Is she right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · When grown-ups are tired or worried

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Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.» Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** knacker, be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:1
# text = Big sister: «Mum's always knackered, she must be really ill.»
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knacker** *in a quote* | present · passive | Mum |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | Mum |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, being tired always means a bad illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, being tired always means a bad illness
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | tired | a bad illness |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent illness=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Not usually; a good night's sleep often fixes it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:o2:1
# text = Not usually; a good night's sleep often fixes it
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present |  | a good night's sleep |  |  |  | often, usually *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **sleep** |  | a good night |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, grown-ups never get tired for no reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, grown-ups never get tired for no reason
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **get** | present | grown ups |  |  |  |  | for no reason; tired *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for reason=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, Mum is just pretending to be tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t11:o4:1
# text = No, Mum is just pretending to be tired
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

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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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