--- title: Jess, in her first flat: "Toast for tea again lol, can't afford Deli… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics description: Jess, in her first flat: "Toast for tea again lol, can't afford Deliveroo every night." What skill would help her most? 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What skill would help her most? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jess · **What happens:** not afford, help · **To what, where:** Deliveroo, skill This is test 1 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jess, in her first flat: "Toast for tea again lol, can't afford Deliveroo every night." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:1 # text = Jess, in her first flat: "Toast for tea again lol, can't afford Deliveroo every night." 1 Jess Jess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 flat flat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Toast toast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 lol lol INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 afford afford VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 Deliveroo Deliveroo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **afford** *in a quote* | can | Jess | Deliveroo | | | night | | 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 skill would help her most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:2 # text = What skill would help her most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | | | skill | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Buying a much bigger toaster ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:o1:1 # text = Buying a much bigger toaster 1 Buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 toaster toaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | gerund | | a bigger toaster | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toaster=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Moving back home to Gran's ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:o2:1 # text = Moving back home to Gran's 1 Moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move back** | gerund | | | Gran | | | home *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to gran=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ordering bigger takeaways less often ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:o3:1 # text = Ordering bigger takeaways less often 1 Ordering order VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 takeaways takeaway NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | gerund | | bigger takeaways | | | | often *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent takeaway=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cooking a few simple cheap meals ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t1:o4:1 # text = Cooking a few simple cheap meals 1 Cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | gerund | | a few simple cheap meals | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meal=Patient | **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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