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title: ★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's. Nex… — Divorce and two homes · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's. Next year they swap the two days round. Where is she on Christmas Day next year? Test 10 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 10 · Divorce and two homes

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★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's. Next year they swap the two days round. Where is she on Christmas Day next year?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Mum · **What happens:** spend, swap, be · **To what, where:** Christmas Day

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This is test 10 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» 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/516-divorce-and-two-homes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Frida	Frida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	spends	spend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Boxing	Boxing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | present | ★ ★ Frida | Christmas Day |  |  |  | at Mum and Boxing; at Dad | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Asset |

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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:* Next year they swap the two days round.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:2
# text = Next year they swap the two days round.
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swap	swap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | Mum |  |  |  | day; year | round *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Where is she on Christmas Day next year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:3
# text = Where is she on Christmas Day next year?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | ★ |  |  |  | year | where *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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At Gran's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:o1:1
# text = At Gran's
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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At both at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:o2:1
# text = At both at once
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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At Dad's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:o3:1
# text = At Dad's
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At Mum's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t10:o4:1
# text = At Mum's
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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

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