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title: «Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family». Right? — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: «Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family». Right? Test 6 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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«Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family». Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lexi · **What happens:** not get, not be · **To what, where:** dad, proper family

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:1
# text = «Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lexi	Lexi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Lexi | a dad |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Lexi | a proper family |  |  |  |  | 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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, but she should pretend she has one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:o1:1
# text = No, but she should pretend she has one
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | should | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | she | one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, unless she has a stepdad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, unless she has a stepdad
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she | a stepdad |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepdad=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes, you need two parents for a family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, you need two parents for a family
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | you | two parents |  |  |  | for a family | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot parent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, one parent is a whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t6:o4:1
# text = No, one parent is a whole family
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | one parent | a whole family |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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