--- title: Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» What's the right thing? — Chores you skipped · tree and pragmatics description: Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» What's the right thing? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/t5/) [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/) / [Chores you skipped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/350-chores-you-skipped/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Chores you skipped Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» What's the right thing? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** right thing · **What happens:** be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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/350-chores-you-skipped/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:1 # text = Gran, back from holiday: «Oh, my geraniums...» 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 geraniums geranium NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ... ... PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* What's the right thing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:2 # text = What's the right thing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right thing | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Say nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:o1:1 # text = Say nothing 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Say they were old and dying anyway, it wasn't the watering ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:o2:1 # text = Say they were old and dying anyway, it wasn't the watering 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 watering watering NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | they | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | it | the watering | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Say sorry and buy her a new plant with her own money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:o3:1 # text = Say sorry and buy her a new plant with her own money 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a new plant | her *= she* | | | with her own money | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary plant=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say it was too hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t5:o4:1 # text = Say it was too hot 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | **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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