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title: Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom».… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom». What's a good plan? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom». What's a good plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zach, I · **What happens:** be, not wanna · **To what, where:** upset Mom, good plan

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:1
# text = Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom».
1	Zach	Zach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	wanna	wanna	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Mom	Mom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Zach |  |  |  |  | about my dad; curious, lowkey *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **wanna** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | upset Mom |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's a good plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:2
# text = What's a good plan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Make up a dad and tell everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:o1:1
# text = Make up a dad and tell everyone
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a dad |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dad=Pivot |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Search online for strangers called Dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:o2:1
# text = Search online for strangers called Dad
1	Search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	online	online	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for strangers; online *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for stranger=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | strangers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Ask Mom when he's ready, gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:o3:1
# text = Ask Mom when he's ready, gently
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Mom	Mom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Mom |  |  | gently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mom=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never think about it ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t7:o4:1
# text = Never think about it ever again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | about it | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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