--- title: Dad grumbles: "Bloody trailer before a kids' film, scared her half t… — Scary films, nightmares and sad endings · tree and pragmatics description: Dad grumbles: "Bloody trailer before a kids' film, scared her half to death." What is he cross about? 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What is he cross about? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, kids · **What happens:** grumble, film, be · **To what, where:** Bloody trailer This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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/56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad grumbles: "Bloody trailer before a kids' film, scared her half to death." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:1 # text = Dad grumbles: "Bloody trailer before a kids' film, scared her half to death." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grumbles grumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trailer trailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Dad | Bloody trailer | | | before a kids's film | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trailer=Topic | | 2 | **film** *in a quote* | | a kids | | | | | | nom film «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 is he cross about? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:2 # text = What is he cross about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The kids' film itself was far too long ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:o1:1 # text = The kids' film itself was far too long 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the kids's film film | | | | | far, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **film** | | the kids | | | | | | nom film «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A trailer was too scary for the children watching ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:o2:1 # text = A trailer was too scary for the children watching 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trailer trailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a trailer | | | | | for the children; scary *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | a trailer *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The trailer gave away the ending of the film ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:o3:1 # text = The trailer gave away the ending of the film 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trailer trailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | past | the trailer | the ending of the film | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ending=Theme | | 2 | **end** | | | the film | | | | | nom ending «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} His daughter was badly hurt by something at the cinema ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:56-scary-films-nightmares-and-sad-endings:t5:o4:1 # text = His daughter was badly hurt by something at the cinema 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cinema cinema NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past · passive | | His daughter | | | | by something; badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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