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title: Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital. Mum keeps checking h… — When grown-ups are tired or worried · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital. Mum keeps checking her phone and doesn't hear your joke. Why? Test 5 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · When grown-ups are tired or worried

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Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital. Mum keeps checking her phone and doesn't hear your joke. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, Mum, your · **What happens:** text, keep, check, not hear, joke · **To what, where:** Mum, phone, joke

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:1
# text = Gran in Dublin texts Mum all day from hospital.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	texts	text	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **text** | present | Gran in Dublin | Mum |  |  | day |  | 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:* Mum keeps checking her phone and doesn't hear your joke.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:2
# text = Mum keeps checking her phone and doesn't hear your joke.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | gerund | Mum *not said here* | Mum's phone |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **hear** | present · do-support | Mum *not said here* | your joke |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
| 4 | **joke** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She's worried and waiting for news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:o1:1
# text = She's worried and waiting for news
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's cross because you were loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:o2:1
# text = She's cross because you were loud
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | cross |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | you | cross *not said here* |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's playing a game on her phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:o3:1
# text = She's playing a game on her phone
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · progressive | She | a game |  | her phone |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She doesn't like your jokes any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t5:o4:1
# text = She doesn't like your jokes any more
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	any	any	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | She | your jokes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot joke=Theme |
| 2 | **joke** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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