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title: Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad». What'… — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
description: Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad». What's true? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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 11 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, u · **What happens:** cry, hate, be · **To what, where:** wedding, stepdad

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:1
# text = Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad».
1	Sky	Sky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
15	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Sky's cousin |  |  | the wedding |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wedding=Location |
| 2 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | u | ur's stepdad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepdad=Stimulus |

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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:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:2
# 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 {#o1}

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Crying always means you hate someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:o1:1
# text = Crying always means you hate someone
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Crying |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hate** | present | you | someone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bridesmaids are not allowed to cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:o2:1
# text = Bridesmaids are not allowed to cry
1	Bridesmaids	bridesmaid	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	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Bridesmaids |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bridesmaids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Big days can bring happy and sad tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:o3:1
# text = Big days can bring happy and sad tears
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | can | Big days | happy tears |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tear=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sky must have been ill that day and kept it quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t11:o4:1
# text = Sky must have been ill that day and kept it quiet
1	Sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must · perfect | Sky |  |  |  | day | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | Sky *not said here* | Sky |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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