--- title: dad wants me to tell mum shes late with the money again — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: dad wants me to tell mum shes late with the money again Test 12 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families dad wants me to tell mum shes late with the money again **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, me · **What happens:** want, tell · **To what, where:** me, mum shes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t12:1 # text = dad wants me to tell mum shes late with the money again 1 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 shes she NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | dad | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | mum shes | | | again | with the money; late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | 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} Carrying messages between parents is not your job ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t12:o1:1 # text = Carrying messages between parents is not your job 1 Carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 between between ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | gerund | | messages | | | | between parents | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | Carrying | your job | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but write it down for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, but write it down for her 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | for her *= she* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Result for she=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, and add what you think about it too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, and add what you think about it too 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 add add VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, you must pass it on ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, you must pass it on 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass on** | must | you | it | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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