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title: «Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting,… — What fights cost at home · tree and pragmatics
description: «Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him». Which is true? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost 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 right
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# Test 6 · ★ · What fights cost at home

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«Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him». Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, Maddie · **What happens:** miss, bust, gut, fight, be · **To what, where:** job thing, wrist fighting

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost 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/376-what-fights-cost-at-home/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:1
# text = «Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bust	bust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** *in a quote* | past | Maddie's dad | dad's job thing |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bust** *in a quote* | past | Maddie | Maddie's wrist fighting |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fighting=Patient |
| 3 | **gut** *in a quote* | participle |  | Maddie's wrist fighting *not said here* |  |  |  | for dad | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fight** *in a quote* |  | Maddie |  |  |  |  |  | nom fighting «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A wrist heals in a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:o1:1
# text = A wrist heals in a day
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | present | a wrist |  |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fights only hurt the fighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:o2:1
# text = Fights only hurt the fighter
1	Fights	fight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | Fights | the fighter |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fighter=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He can always get the same interview next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:o3:1
# text = He can always get the same interview next day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	interview	interview	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | He | the same interview |  |  | day | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer interview=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One fight can cost a parent a big chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:376-what-fights-cost-at-home:t6:o4:1
# text = One fight can cost a parent a big chance
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | can | One fight |  | a parent |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme parent=Beneficiary chance=Value |

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**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.

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