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title: «my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?». Right? — Parents far away: the army, work abroa… · tree and pragmatics
description: «my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?». Right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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 · ★ · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison

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«my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?». Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, FIFO · **What happens:** be, mean, not come · **To what, where:** FIFO

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:1
# text = «my mate's mum is FIFO, does that mean she never comes home?».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	FIFO	FIFO	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my mate's mum | FIFO |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present · do-support | FIFO |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | present | FIFO |  |  |  |  | home *property* | 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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, FIFO means gone for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, FIFO means gone for good
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	FIFO	FIFO	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | FIFO |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she lives at the mine forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, she lives at the mine forever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | she |  |  | the mine |  | forever *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mine=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, she drives home from work every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:o3:1
# text = No, she drives home from work every single night
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | she |  |  | work | night | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from work=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she flies home after her weeks away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t11:o4:1
# text = No, she flies home after her weeks away
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | she |  |  |  | week | away, home *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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