--- title: Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». What could help? — Parents far away: the army, work abroa… · tree and pragmatics description: Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». What could help? Test 7 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/t7/) [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/) / [Parents far away: the army, work abroa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». What could help? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bryce, it · **What happens:** not be, be, help · **To what, where:** bummer This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:1 # text = Bryce: «Dad's not the same, it's a bummer». 1 Bryce Bryce PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bummer bummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Bryce | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a bummer | | | | | 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 could help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:2 # text = What could help? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | could | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Pretending the injury isn't there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:o1:1 # text = Pretending the injury isn't there 1 Pretending pretend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | gerund | | the injury | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | Pretending | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Finding new things to do together ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:o2:1 # text = Finding new things to do together 1 Finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | | new things | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | new things *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never playing anything again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:o3:1 # text = Never playing anything again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 3 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **play** | gerund | | anything | | | again | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Telling Dad he's useless now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t7:o4:1 # text = Telling Dad he's useless now 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | Dad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | now | useless *property* | tree rules | **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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