---
title: Mum: «the app said great job so he must be reading great». Is she ri… — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: «the app said great job so he must be reading great». Is she right? Test 9 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/) / t9

# Test 9 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum: «the app said great job so he must be reading great». Is she right?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, app · **What happens:** say, read, be · **To what, where:** great job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» of the English 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/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/#t9).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Mum: «the app said great job so he must be reading great».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:1
# text = Mum: «the app said great job so he must be reading great».
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mum | great job |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent job=Topic |
| 2 | **read** *in a quote* | must · progressive | app |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, any reading app is as good as a teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, any reading app is as good as a teacher
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | any reading app |  |  |  |  | as a teacher; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, apps make children forget how to read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:o2:1
# text = No, apps make children forget how to read
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | apps | children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **read** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the app praises everything, so it shows nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:o3:1
# text = No, the app praises everything, so it shows nothing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	app	app	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | present | the app | everything |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | app | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, apps always check reading better than people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, apps always check reading better than people
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	apps	app	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | apps |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund | apps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/t8/)
- next →: [Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/)