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title: this sum's impossible, been on it ages, i give up — Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv… · tree and pragmatics
description: this sum's impossible, been on it ages, i give up Test 10 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

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this sum's impossible, been on it ages, i give up

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** be, give up · **To what, where:** ages

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This is test 10 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t10:1
# text = this sum's impossible, been on it ages, i give up
1	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | participle |  | ages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give up** | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Take a short break, read it again, then ask for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t10:o1:1
# text = Take a short break, read it again, then ask for help
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a short break |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive |  | break |  |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Copy the answer from a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t10:o2:1
# text = Copy the answer from a friend
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the answer |  |  |  | from a friend | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rip up the page and start over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t10:o3:1
# text = Rip up the page and start over
1	Rip	rip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rip up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the page |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient |
| 2 | **start over** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Give up, some sums just cannot be done by anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t10:o4:1
# text = Give up, some sums just cannot be done by anybody
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* | some sums |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **do** | can · passive | anybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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