--- title: Big brother, about to sign a phone contract: "Dunno what half this s… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics description: Big brother, about to sign a phone contract: "Dunno what half this says, just gonna sign it." What would a sensible adult do? 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What would a sensible adult do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Big brother, this, sensible adult · **What happens:** sign, say, do · **To what, where:** phone contract, contract · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big brother, about to sign a phone contract: "Dunno what half this says, just gonna sign it." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:1 # text = Big brother, about to sign a phone contract: "Dunno what half this says, just gonna sign it." 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Dunno Dunno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ _ 14 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 15 det:predet _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 20 dep _ _ 20 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | to-infinitive | Big brother | a phone contract | | | | about *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent contract=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sign** *in a quote* | infinitive | | contract | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | 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 a sensible adult do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:2 # text = What would a sensible adult do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | would | a sensible adult | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sign quickly before the deal goes away ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:o1:1 # text = Sign quickly before the deal goes away 1 Sign sign VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go away** | present | the deal | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ask questions until he understands, then decide ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:o2:1 # text = Ask questions until he understands, then decide 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 decide decide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **understand** | present | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **decide** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let the shop assistant sign it for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:o3:1 # text = Let the shop assistant sign it for him 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 assistant assistant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the assistant sign | | | | for him *= he* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sign=Recipient it=Theme for he=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sign with a made-up name to be safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t10:o4:1 # text = Sign with a made-up name to be safe 1 Sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | safe *property* | 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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