--- title: baby wont stop crying, why is he doing that — Family changes and grief · tree and pragmatics description: baby wont stop crying, why is he doing that Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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/214-family-changes-and-grief/t14/) [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/) / [Family changes and grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Family changes and grief baby wont stop crying, why is he doing that **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baby wont stop, he · **What happens:** cry, do · **To what, where:** that This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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/214-family-changes-and-grief/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t14:1 # text = baby wont stop crying, why is he doing that 1 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | baby wont stop *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present · progressive | he | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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} He doesn't like you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t14:o1:1 # text = He doesn't like you 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | He | you | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He's telling us he's hungry, tired or uncomfortable ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t14:o2:1 # text = He's telling us he's hungry, tired or uncomfortable 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 uncomfortable uncomfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | He | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's being naughty on purpose to wind everyone up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t14:o3:1 # text = He's being naughty on purpose to wind everyone up 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · progressive | He | | | purpose | | naughty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Babies cry for no reason at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t14:o4:1 # text = Babies cry for no reason at all 1 Babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Babies | | | all | | for no reason | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | **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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