--- title: Dad on the phone, stressed: "We're £200 in the red till payday." Wha… — Cards, banks and apps · tree and pragmatics description: Dad on the phone, stressed: "We're £200 in the red till payday." What is happening? Test 4 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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/7-cards-banks-and-apps/t4/) [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/) / [Cards, banks and apps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/) / t4 # Test 4 · Cards, banks and apps Dad on the phone, stressed: "We're £200 in the red till payday." What is happening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stress, happen · **To what, where:** Dad This is test 4 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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/7-cards-banks-and-apps/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad on the phone, stressed: "We're £200 in the red till payday." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:1 # text = Dad on the phone, stressed: "We're £200 in the red till payday." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 stressed stress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 £ £ SYM $ _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nmod _ _ 16 till till ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 payday payday NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stress** | participle · passive | | Dad on the phone | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=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:* What is happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:2 # text = What is happening? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The bank owes the family £200 ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:o1:1 # text = The bank owes the family £200 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 owes owe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | present | the bank | the family | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent family=Goal £=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Payday has been cancelled this month ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:o2:1 # text = Payday has been cancelled this month 1 Payday payday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 cancelled cancel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | present · perfect · passive | | Payday | | | month | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The account is below zero, in the overdraft ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:o3:1 # text = The account is below zero, in the overdraft 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 below below ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 overdraft overdraft NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the account | zero and the overdraft | | | | below *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The family has £200 saved up ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t4:o4:1 # text = The family has £200 saved up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 6 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the family | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **save up** | participle | the family *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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