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description: Your mate says, "Being late's no biggie, my uncle's late for work every day." What might happen to the uncle? Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · Looking after yourself and a home

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Your mate says, "Being late's no biggie, my uncle's late for work every day." What might happen to the uncle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, biggie, uncle · **What happens:** say, be, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Being late's no biggie, my uncle's late for work every day."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:1
# text = Your mate says, "Being late's no biggie, my uncle's late for work every day."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	biggie	biggie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | no biggie |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my uncle |  |  |  | day | for work; late *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 might happen to the uncle?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:2
# text = What might happen to the uncle?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | might |  |  |  |  |  | to the uncle | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing ever, late is fine at work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing ever, late is fine at work
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | work |  | fine, late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He will be made the manager

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:o2:1
# text = He will be made the manager
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary manager=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He could lose his job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:o3:1
# text = He could lose his job
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | could | He | his job |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **job** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His boss will give him a pay rise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t9:o4:1
# text = His boss will give him a pay rise
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | future | His boss | a pay rise | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rise=Theme |

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