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title: A kid at school: «Kezia's mum must be well lazy, she's always knacke… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid at school: «Kezia's mum must be well lazy, she's always knackered». («knackered» means very tired.) What's true? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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A kid at school: «Kezia's mum must be well lazy, she's always knackered». («knackered» means very tired.) What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** be, knacker, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid at school: «Kezia's mum must be well lazy, she's always knackered».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:1
# text = A kid at school: «Kezia's mum must be well lazy, she's always knackered».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Kezia	Kezia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	18	advmod	_	_
18	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | must | a kid at school |  |  |  |  | lazy, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **knacker** *in a quote* | present · passive | kid |  |  |  |  | always *property* | 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:* («knackered» means very tired.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:2
# text = («knackered» means very tired.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knacker** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:3
# text = What's true?
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	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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Bus drivers don't work hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:o1:1
# text = Bus drivers don't work hard
1	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | Bus drivers |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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She does the work of two people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:o2:1
# text = She does the work of two people
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | She | the work of two people |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** |  | two people |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tired people are always lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:o3:1
# text = Tired people are always lazy
1	Tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	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 | Tired people |  |  |  |  | always, lazy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kezia must be too much for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t3:o4:1
# text = Kezia must be too much for her
1	Kezia	Kezia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | Kezia |  |  |  |  | for her *= she*; much *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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