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title: A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the pho… — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the phone all day. What's truer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the phone all day. What's truer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, sad people · **What happens:** show, wait, be · **To what, where:** grandparents

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the phone all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:1
# text = A cartoon shows grandparents abroad as sad people waiting by the phone all day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | grandparents |  |  |  | as sad people; abroad *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandparent=Recipient |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | sad people *not said here* |  |  |  | day | by the phone | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by phone=Location |

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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:* What's truer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:2
# text = What's truer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	truer	true	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They have busy lives and love the calls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:o1:1
# text = They have busy lives and love the calls
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | busy lives |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |
| 2 | **love** | present | They *not said here* | the calls |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They don't care about their grandchildren

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:o2:1
# text = They don't care about their grandchildren
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | They |  |  |  |  | about their grandchildren | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about grandchild=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They can't use phones at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:o3:1
# text = They can't use phones at all
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | can | They | phones |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They do nothing but wait by the phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t6:o4:1
# text = They do nothing but wait by the phone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | They | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the phone | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by phone=Location |

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