---
title: A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month. Which helps most? — Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv… · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month. Which helps most? Test 7 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 wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/) / t7

# Test 7 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month. Which helps most?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** work, help

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:1
# text = A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rig	rig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present · progressive | a girl's mum |  |  |  | month | on a oil rig | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on rig=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Which helps most?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:2
# text = Which helps most?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not mentioning her mum so nobody gets sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:o1:1
# text = Not mentioning her mum so nobody gets sad
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | gerund | nobody *not said here* | her mum |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pretending her mum is just at the shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:o2:1
# text = Pretending her mum is just at the shops
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  | her mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Pretending |  |  | the shops |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Video calls and a calendar counting down the days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:o3:1
# text = Video calls and a calendar counting down the days
1	Video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	calls	call	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund | Video calls and a calendar *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Staying angry with everyone at home until her mum comes home again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings:t7:o4:1
# text = Staying angry with everyone at home until her mum comes home again
1	Staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  | home |  | with everyone; angry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
| 2 | **come** | present | her mum |  |  |  | again | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/t6/)
- next →: [Frustration, loneliness, guilt and liv…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/)