--- title: grandad asked me same q 3 times today, so annoying — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: grandad asked me same q 3 times today, so annoying Test 10 · ★ of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/t10/) [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/) / [Grandparents, divorce and step-families](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families grandad asked me same q 3 times today, so annoying **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** ask · **To what, where:** same q, me This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t10:1 # text = grandad asked me same q 3 times today, so annoying 1 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 q Q NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | grandad | same q | me | | time; today | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ignore him until he remembers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t10:o1:1 # text = Ignore him until he remembers 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 remembers remember VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **remember** | present | he | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Laugh at him for forgetting ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t10:o2:1 # text = Laugh at him for forgetting 1 Laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 forgetting forgetting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at him *= he*; for forgetting | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell him to stop asking the same thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t10:o3:1 # text = Tell him to stop asking the same thing 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | you *not said here* | the same thing | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Be patient and remind him kindly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t10:o4:1 # text = Be patient and remind him kindly 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | patient *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remind** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | kindly *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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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