--- title: Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" What would a… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics description: Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" What would a good parent say? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Money, work and the big choices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" What would a good parent say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big sister, I, life, good parent · **What happens:** sob, fail, be, say · **To what, where:** maths · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:1 # text = Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 sobbing sob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sob** | gerund | Big sister | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fail** *in a quote* | past | I | maths | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my life | | | | | over *property* | 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 would a good parent say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:2 # text = What would a good parent say? 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 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a good parent | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, your life is over now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, your life is over now 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | your life | | | | now | over *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} You should never study maths again ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:o2:1 # text = You should never study maths again 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 study study VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **study** | should | You | maths | | | again | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Exams don't matter at all, so just forget about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:o3:1 # text = Exams don't matter at all, so just forget about it 1 Exams exam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Exams | | | all | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | Exams *not said here* | | | | | about it | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You can retake it or find another route ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t8:o4:1 # text = You can retake it or find another route 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 retake retake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 route route NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retake** | can | You | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | infinitive | You *not said here* | another route | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent route=Topic | **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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