--- title: Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». Who is he talking to? — Divorce and two homes · tree and pragmatics description: Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». Who is he talking to? Test 5 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Divorce and two homes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/) / t5 # Test 5 · Divorce and two homes Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». Who is he talking to? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tanner, yous · **What happens:** mutter, be, talk · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:1 # text = Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». 1 Tanner tanner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mutters mutter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 yous you NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | present | Tanner | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | yous | | | it | | always *property* | 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:* Who is he talking to? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:2 # text = Who is he talking to? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present · progressive | Tanner | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Only his dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:o1:1 # text = Only his dad 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His teacher and the class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:o2:1 # text = His teacher and the class 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Only his mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:o3:1 # text = Only his mum 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Both his parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t5:o4:1 # text = Both his parents 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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