--- title: Avery says her parents are «mates now». What would most likely happe… — Divorce and two homes · tree and pragmatics description: Avery says her parents are «mates now». What would most likely happen at her next birthday? 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What would most likely happen at her next birthday? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Avery, parents · **What happens:** say, be, happen · **To what, where:** mates, next birthday · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Avery says her parents are «mates now». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:1 # text = Avery says her parents are «mates now». 1 Avery Avery PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Avery | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Avery's parents | mates | | | now | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would most likely happen at her next birthday? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:2 # text = What would most likely happen at her next birthday? 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 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | Avery's next birthday | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at birthday=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Both could come without a row ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:o1:1 # text = Both could come without a row 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | could | Both | | | | | without a row | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They'd argue all through the cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:o2:1 # text = They'd argue all through the cake 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 argue argue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | would | They | | | the cake | | all *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Neither parent would come at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:o3:1 # text = Neither parent would come at all 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | would | neither parent | | | all | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} She'd need two parties on one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t12:o4:1 # text = She'd need two parties on one day 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | would | She | two parties | | | day | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot party=Theme | **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. 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