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title: Darragh: «Da's cooking is pure muck, sausages AGAIN». What would mos… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Darragh: «Da's cooking is pure muck, sausages AGAIN». What would most likely happen if they kept cooking together? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 option; 
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Darragh: «Da's cooking is pure muck, sausages AGAIN». What would most likely happen if they kept cooking together?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cooking, Da, sausages · **What happens:** be, cook, happen, keep · **To what, where:** pure muck

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Darragh: «Da's cooking is pure muck, sausages AGAIN».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:1
# text = Darragh: «Da's cooking is pure muck, sausages AGAIN».
1	Darragh	Darragh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Da	Da	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	muck	muck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sausages	sausage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
12	AGAIN	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Da's cooking | pure muck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** *in a quote* |  | Da |  |  |  |  |  | nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 would most likely happen if they kept cooking together?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:2
# text = What would most likely happen if they kept cooking together?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sausages *= sausage* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cook** | gerund | sausages *= sausage* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They'd only ever eat beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:o1:1
# text = They'd only ever eat beans
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | They | beans |  |  | ever |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bean=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Da would stop cooking for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:o2:1
# text = Da would stop cooking for good
1	Da	Da	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | Da |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cook** | gerund | Da *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Darragh would be told off for helping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:o3:1
# text = Darragh would be told off for helping
1	Darragh	Darragh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	helping	helping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | would · passive |  | Darragh |  |  |  | for helping | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Da would learn new dinners and they'd have fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t5:o4:1
# text = Da would learn new dinners and they'd have fun
1	Da	Da	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | would | Da | new dinners |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | would | dinners *= dinner* | fun |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient |

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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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