--- title: ★★★ Oisín's da works two weeks on the rig, then two weeks home, star… — Parents far away: the army, work abroa… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Oisín's da works two weeks on the rig, then two weeks home, starting on the rig on 1 March. Is he home or away on 20 March? 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Is he home or away on 20 March? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** work, start, be · **To what, where:** rig, 20 This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Oisín's da works two weeks on the rig, then two weeks home, starting on the rig on 1 March. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Oisín's da works two weeks on the rig, then two weeks home, starting on the rig on 1 March. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Oisín Oisín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 da da NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rig rig NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rig rig NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | ★ | | | | week | home *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **start** | gerund | ★ *not said here* | | | the rig | march | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* Is he home or away on 20 March? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:2 # text = Is he home or away on 20 March? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | ★ | | | 20 March | | away, home *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Half and half ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:o1:1 # text = Half and half 1 Half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:o2:1 # text = Away 1 Away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} On the plane ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:o3:1 # text = On the plane 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison:t8:o4:1 # text = Home 1 Home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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