--- title: What would most likely happen if Liam-Jay told nobody about his mum'… — «Where's your dad?»: questions and cru… · tree and pragmatics description: What would most likely happen if Liam-Jay told nobody about his mum's drinking? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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 ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/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/) / [«Where's your dad?»: questions and cru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes What would most likely happen if Liam-Jay told nobody about his mum's drinking? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Liam, mum · **What happens:** happen, tell, drink · **To what, where:** nobody · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t7:1 # text = What would most likely happen if Liam-Jay told nobody about his mum's drinking? 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 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Jay Jay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 obj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 drinking drinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Liam | | nobody | | | about Liam's mum's drinking | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient about drinking=Topic | | 3 | **drink** | | Liam's mum | | | | | | nom drinking «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t7:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He'd carry a big worry alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t7:o2:1 # text = He'd carry a big worry alone 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | would | He | a big worry | | | | alone *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The teasing would end all by itself in a day or two ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t7:o3:1 # text = The teasing would end all by itself in a day or two 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | would | the teasing | | | | day | by teasing | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} His mum would stop on her own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes:t7:o4:1 # text = His mum would stop on her own 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | His mum | | | mum's own | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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