--- title: Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal custome… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers." What is usually true? 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What is usually true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle, they · **What happens:** say, not switch, be, look · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:1 # text = Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers." 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 switch switch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 customers customer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **switch** *in a quote* | present | Uncle | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Uncle | | | | | loyal *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | present | they | | | | after loyal customers | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 usually true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:2 # text = What is usually true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 usually usually ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true, usually *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Loyal customers often pay the most once the deal ends ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:o1:1 # text = Loyal customers often pay the most once the deal ends 1 Loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 customers customer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 7 once once SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | Loyal customers | | | | | often *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **end** | present | the deal | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Switching makes the internet slower forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:o2:1 # text = Switching makes the internet slower forever 1 Switching switch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 internet internet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **make** | present | | the internet | | | | forever, slow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset internet=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Companies give loyal customers free years ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:o3:1 # text = Companies give loyal customers free years 1 Companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 customers customer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 iobj _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Companies | | loyal customers | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Loyal customers always get the lowest price there is in the shop ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t4:o4:1 # text = Loyal customers always get the lowest price there is in the shop 1 Loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 customers customer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Loyal customers | the lowest price | | the shop | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | the lowest price *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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