--- title: «Lola's rules are so bossy». How did her parents take them? — A new baby · tree and pragmatics description: «Lola's rules are so bossy». How did her parents take them? Test 7 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/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/) / [A new baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) / t7 # Test 7 · A new baby «Lola's rules are so bossy». How did her parents take them? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rules, Lola, parents · **What happens:** be, rule, take · **To what, where:** rules This is test 7 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Lola's rules are so bossy». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:1 # text = «Lola's rules are so bossy». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lola Lola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lola's rules | | | | | bossy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rule** *in a quote* | | Lola | | | | | | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* How did her parents take them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:2 # text = How did her parents take them? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · do-support | Lola's parents | rules *= rule* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sent Lola to her room for the evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:o1:1 # text = Sent Lola to her room for the evening 1 Sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Lola Lola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | Lola | | Lola's room | evening | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lola=Theme to room=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Laughed and stuck them on the fridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:o2:1 # text = Laughed and stuck them on the fridge 1 Laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stick** | past | | them *= they* | | the fridge | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on fridge=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Threw the list straight in the bin ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:o3:1 # text = Threw the list straight in the bin 1 Threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | | the list | | the bin | | straight *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent list=Theme in bin=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Made the baby sign them at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t7:o4:1 # text = Made the baby sign them at once 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | the baby | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sign** | infinitive | the baby *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at once=Destination | **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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