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title: Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever». Does he really not… — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
description: Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever». Does he really not care? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever». Does he really not care?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jordan · **What happens:** not care, come back

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:1
# text = Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever».
1	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Jordan |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Jordan |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Does he really not care?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:2
# text = Does he really not care?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | Jordan |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, he has truly forgotten all about his dad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:o1:1
# text = No, he has truly forgotten all about his dad
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | about his dad; all, truly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, kids stop caring after a month apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, kids stop caring after a month apart
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **care** | gerund | kids *not said here* |  |  |  | month | apart *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, he only cares about the takeaways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:o3:1
# text = No, he only cares about the takeaways
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | he |  |  |  |  | about the takeaways | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about takeaway=Stimulus |

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

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Probably he cares, and numb is protecting him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t8:o4:1
# text = Probably he cares, and numb is protecting him
1	Probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | he |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **protect** | present · progressive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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