--- title: Why does writing «milk» on the shopping list help the family? — Bedroom, living room and manners at home · tree and pragmatics description: Why does writing «milk» on the shopping list help the family? Test 7 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Bedroom, living room and manners at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/) / t7 # Test 7 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home Why does writing «milk» on the shopping list help the family? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** write, help · **To what, where:** milk, shopping list, family This is test 7 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t7:1 # text = Why does writing «milk» on the shopping list help the family? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 nsubj _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 shopping shopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · do-support | | milk | | the shopping list | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent milk=Theme on list=Destination | | 2 | **help** | present | | the family | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Beneficiary | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It makes the milk last much longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t7:o1:1 # text = It makes the milk last much longer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 last last VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the milk | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **last** | present | the milk *not said here* | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is an old rule of every fridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t7:o2:1 # text = It is an old rule of every fridge 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old rule | | | | of every fridge | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Whoever shops knows to buy more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t7:o3:1 # text = Whoever shops knows to buy more 1 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Whoever | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Whoever *not said here* | more | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It is only for grown-ups to read ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners:t7:o4:1 # text = It is only for grown-ups to read 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is** | present | It | | | | | for grown ups | tree rules | | 3 | **read** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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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