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title: Darnell's quiet when kids talk about dads and games. What would most… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics
description: Darnell's quiet when kids talk about dads and games. What would most likely help? Test 3 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · When a parent has died

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Darnell's quiet when kids talk about dads and games. What would most likely help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** talk, help

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Darnell's quiet when kids talk about dads and games.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:1
# text = Darnell's quiet when kids talk about dads and games.
1	Darnell	Darnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | kids |  |  |  |  | about dads and games | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dad=Topic |

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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 would most likely help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:2
# text = What would most likely help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	help	help	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 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Telling him to cheer up, it was ages ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:o1:1
# text = Telling him to cheer up, it was ages ago
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cheer up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | ages |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Including him, like Marco did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:o2:1
# text = Including him, like Marco did
1	Including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Marco	Marco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | like Marco | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leaving him alone at recess till he's okay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:o3:1
# text = Leaving him alone at recess till he's okay
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	recess	recess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  | recess |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at recess=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Never mentioning dads near him again, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t3:o4:1
# text = Never mentioning dads near him again, ever
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | gerund |  | dads |  |  | again; ever | near him *= he* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dad=Topic |

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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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