--- title: new stepdad's ok i guess but feels weird — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: new stepdad's ok i guess but feels weird Test 13 · ★ 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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families new stepdad's ok i guess but feels weird **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new stepdad · **What happens:** guess, feel This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t13:1 # text = new stepdad's ok i guess but feels weird 1 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 stepdad stepdad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 ok ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 5 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | new stepdad | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | present | new stepdad *not said here* | | | | | weird *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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} It takes time, be polite and patient ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t13:o1:1 # text = It takes time, be polite and patient 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 patient patient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | It | | | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | polite *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tell him straight out he is not your dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t13:o2:1 # text = Tell him straight out he is not your dad 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 straight straight ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | out *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | he | your dad | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ignore him until he leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t13:o3:1 # text = Ignore him until he leaves 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 leaves leave 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 | **leave** | present | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pretend he is not there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t13:o4:1 # text = Pretend he is not there 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | he | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | **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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