--- title: Dad, yawning at midnight on his laptop: "Nobody's gonna make me go t… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics description: Dad, yawning at midnight on his laptop: "Nobody's gonna make me go to bed, are they." What does this show? 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What does this show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Nobody, they, this · **What happens:** yawn, be, go, show · **To what, where:** laptop, bed This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad, yawning at midnight on his laptop: "Nobody's gonna make me go to bed, are they." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:1 # text = Dad, yawning at midnight on his laptop: "Nobody's gonna make me go to bed, are they." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 yawning yawn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 laptop laptop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 14 dep _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yawn** | gerund | Dad | | | Dad's laptop | midnight | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Nobody | | | | | make *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nobody *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **does** *in a quote* | present | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 does this show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:2 # text = What does this show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Children decide when adults sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:o1:1 # text = Children decide when adults sleep 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 decide decide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 4 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | Children | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sleep** | present | adults | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Adults must choose good sleep for themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:o2:1 # text = Adults must choose good sleep for themselves 1 Adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | must | Adults | good sleep | | | | for Adults *= adult* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} Laptops help you sleep better ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:o3:1 # text = Laptops help you sleep better 1 Laptops laptop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Laptops | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Adults never need much sleep once they are grown ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t8:o4:1 # text = Adults never need much sleep once they are grown 1 Adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 once once SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | Adults | much sleep | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | present · passive | | Adults *= adult* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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