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title: Dad at the checkout: "Put the crisps back, mate, we're over this wee… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad at the checkout: "Put the crisps back, mate, we're over this week." What is Dad doing? Test 4 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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 4 · Looking after yourself and a home

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Dad at the checkout: "Put the crisps back, mate, we're over this week." What is Dad doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, we · **What happens:** put back, be, do · **To what, where:** crisps

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad at the checkout: "Put the crisps back, mate, we're over this week."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:1
# text = Dad at the checkout: "Put the crisps back, mate, we're over this week."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	checkout	checkout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	parataxis	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put back** *in a quote* | infinitive | Dad at the checkout | the crisps |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent crisp=Goal |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  | week | over *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:* What is Dad doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:2
# text = What is Dad doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Saying crisps are bad for you forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:o1:1
# text = Saying crisps are bad for you forever
1	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Saying crisps |  |  |  |  | for you; bad, forever *property* | tree rules |

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

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Keeping to the weekly food budget

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Keeping to the weekly food budget
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	budget	budget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the weekly food budget | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Punishing you for something you did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Punishing you for something you did
1	Punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | gerund |  | you |  |  |  | for something | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Patient for something=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Saving the crisps for a party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Saving the crisps for a party
1	Saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund |  | the crisps |  |  |  | for a party | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crisp=Theme for party=Source |

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