--- title: «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem».… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics description: «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem». What's most likely? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/t2/) [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/) / [When a parent has died](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · When a parent has died «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem». What's most likely? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lorcan · **What happens:** be, kick · **To what, where:** bin, problem This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:1 # text = «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lorcan Lorcan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 moody moody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lorcan | | | | | moody, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **kick** *in a quote* | past | Lorcan | the bin | | | again | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bin=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Lorcan's problem | | | | | 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:* What's most likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:2 # text = What's most likely? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He's grieving, and it comes out as anger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:o1:1 # text = He's grieving, and it comes out as anger 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grieving grieve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come out** | present | it | | | | | as anger | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's bored at school and wants to go home early ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:o2:1 # text = He's bored at school and wants to go home early 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 bored bore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bore** | present · passive | | He | | school | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **want** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | early, home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He doesn't care about anybody or anything now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:o3:1 # text = He doesn't care about anybody or anything now 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 conj _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | He | | | | now | about anybody | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anybody=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He's just a naughty kid who loves kicking stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t2:o4:1 # text = He's just a naughty kid who loves kicking stuff 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 kicking kick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | a naughty kid | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | present | a naughty kid | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **kick** *not said to happen* | gerund | a naughty kid *not said here* | stuff | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient | **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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