--- title: Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Mo… — When work goes wrong · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday." Why is the strike annoying for him? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/t6/) [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/) / [When work goes wrong](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · When work goes wrong Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday." Why is the strike annoying for him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** strike · **What happens:** stick, be · **To what, where:** I, home This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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/4-when-work-goes-wrong/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:1 # text = Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday." 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 barbecue barbecue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 strike strike NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 Monday Monday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** *in a quote* | future · passive | | I | | home | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at home=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:* Why is the strike annoying for him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:2 # text = Why is the strike annoying for him? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 strike strike NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the strike | | | | | for him *= he*; annoying *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The disruption is deliberate so people notice ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:o1:1 # text = The disruption is deliberate so people notice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 disruption disruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 deliberate deliberate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 notice notice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the disruption | | | | | deliberate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **notice** | present | people | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Strikes make the trains free ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:o2:1 # text = Strikes make the trains free 1 Strikes strike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Strikes | the trains | | | | free *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset train=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} He will have to drive the trains himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:o3:1 # text = He will have to drive the trains himself 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | future | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the trains | | | | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme train=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The strike was organised against him personally by his neighbours ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t6:o4:1 # text = The strike was organised against him personally by his neighbours 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strike strike NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 organised organised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 personally personally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the strike | | | | | against him *= he*; by his neighbours; organised, personally *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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