--- title: Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." Put he… — Being a good grown-up · tree and pragmatics description: Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." Put her right. Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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/40-being-a-good-grown-up/t7/) [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/) / [Being a good grown-up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/40-being-a-good-grown-up/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." Put her right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little sister, Mum, you · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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/40-being-a-good-grown-up/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:1 # text = Your little sister says, "Mum's always tired cos she's lazy." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 10 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 11 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your little sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum | | | | | lazy *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:* Put her right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:2 # text = Put her right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | Mum | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, she's tired because she's ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:o1:1 # text = No, she's tired because she's ill 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, she just likes sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:o2:1 # text = Yes, she just likes sleeping 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | she | sleeping | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleeping=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, grown-ups get lazy as they get older, everybody knows that ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:o3:1 # text = Yes, grown-ups get lazy as they get older, everybody knows that 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | grown ups | | | | | lazy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get** | present | ups *= up* | | | | | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** | present | everybody | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She's tired from looking after Gran and us too ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:40-being-a-good-grown-up:t7:o4:1 # text = She's tired from looking after Gran and us too 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | after Gran | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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