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title: Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick». What's true? — Divorce and two homes · tree and pragmatics
description: Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick». What's true? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Divorce and two homes

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Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, I · **What happens:** make, pick, be · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:1
# text = Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick».
1	Jory	Jory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	compound	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present | the judge | me |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product |
| 2 | **pick** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | 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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He'll be listened to, but he won't have to pick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:o1:1
# text = He'll be listened to, but he won't have to pick
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	listened	listen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | future · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** | future | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pick** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The judge will toss a coin to pick for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:o2:1
# text = The judge will toss a coin to pick for him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	toss	toss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | future | the judge | a coin |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient |
| 2 | **pick** | to-infinitive | the judge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for judge | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He must choose out loud with both parents there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:o3:1
# text = He must choose out loud with both parents there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose out** | must | He |  |  | there |  | with both parents; loud *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children are never asked anything about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:516-divorce-and-two-homes:t7:o4:1
# text = Children are never asked anything about it
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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