--- title: Gran on the phone: "Oh, it's just me and the telly these days, love.… — Big feelings in big people · tree and pragmatics description: Gran on the phone: "Oh, it's just me and the telly these days, love." What would cheer her up most? 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What would cheer her up most? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phone · **What happens:** be, cheer up · **To what, where:** me, Gran This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran on the phone: "Oh, it's just me and the telly these days, love." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:1 # text = Gran on the phone: "Oh, it's just me and the telly these days, love." 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 16 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | phone | me | | | day | | tree rules | 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:* What would cheer her up most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:2 # text = What would cheer her up most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 cheer cheer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer up** | would | | Gran | | | | most *obl* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ringing and visiting her often ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:o1:1 # text = Ringing and visiting her often 1 Ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | gerund | | | | | | often *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **visit** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sending her a bigger telly ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:o2:1 # text = Sending her a bigger telly 1 Sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | gerund | | a bigger telly | her *= she* | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination telly=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Telling her she is lucky to be alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:o3:1 # text = Telling her she is lucky to be alone 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | she | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient she=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Telling | | | | | lucky *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Telling *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Not bothering her so she can watch in peace ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t4:o4:1 # text = Not bothering her so she can watch in peace 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 bothering bother VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bother** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 2 | **watch** | can | she | | | peace | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in peace=Location | **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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