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title: «sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek». What's a better… — Divorce and two homes · tree and pragmatics
description: «sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek». What's a better move? Test 3 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Divorce and two homes

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«sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek». What's a better move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, sod · **What happens:** not go, be · **To what, where:** Dad, pure trek, better move

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:1
# text = «sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	trek	trek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | i |  | Dad |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dad=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | sod | a pure trek |  |  |  |  | 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 better move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:2
# text = What's a better move?
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	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	move	move	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 better move |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never speak to Dad again because of a train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:o1:1
# text = Never speak to Dad again because of a train
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  | again | because a train | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to dad=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pretend to be ill every other Friday from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:o2:1
# text = Pretend to be ill every other Friday from now on
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	9	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | friday |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide in the toilets so she misses the train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:o3:1
# text = Hide in the toilets so she misses the train
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the toilets |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in toilet=Location |
| 2 | **miss** | present | she | the train |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |

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

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Tell her parents the trip wears her out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t3:o4:1
# text = Tell her parents the trip wears her out
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the trip *not said here* |  | her parents |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **wear out** | present | the trip | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent she=Source |

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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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