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title: «if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted». True? — Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a… · tree and pragmatics
description: «if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted». True? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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 2 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult

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«if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted». True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Mum, she · **What happens:** make, laugh, stop, be · **To what, where:** Mum

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:1
# text = «if I make Mum laugh enough she'll stop being sad, sorted».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
12	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	sorted	sorted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | Mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** *in a quote* |  | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, it isn't your job to fix it; tell a grown-up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it isn't your job to fix it; tell a grown-up
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	csubj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | it | your job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | job |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | a grown up |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, enough jokes always cure depression

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, enough jokes always cure depression
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	cure	cure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	depression	depression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | present | enough jokes | depression |  |  |  | always *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer depression=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only if the jokes are really good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only if the jokes are really good
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, she should never laugh while she's sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult:t2:o4:1
# text = No, she should never laugh while she's sad
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **laugh** | should | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |

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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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