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title: Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy s… — Grandparents abroad and grandparents y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers. What's the point of trying again? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met

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Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers. What's the point of trying again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Babcia, point · **What happens:** turn out, be, try

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:1
# text = Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers.
1	Babcia	Babcia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pierogi	pierogi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	soggy	soggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | past | Babcia |  |  |  |  | like soggy slippers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 the point of trying again?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:2
# text = What's the point of trying again?
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	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the point *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Using up all the flour in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:o1:1
# text = Using up all the flour in the house
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use up** | gerund |  | all flour |  | the house |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flour=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Keeping the family recipe alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:o2:1
# text = Keeping the family recipe alive
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	recipe	recipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the family recipe |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Making Babcia stop laughing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:o3:1
# text = Making Babcia stop laughing
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	Babcia	Babcia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | Babcia |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset babcia=Product |
| 2 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **laugh** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Winning a cooking competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met:t7:o4:1
# text = Winning a cooking competition
1	Winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  | a cooking competition |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality |

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