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title: heard Lily's mum n dad are splitting up cos she failed her spelling… — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics
description: heard Lily's mum n dad are splitting up cos she failed her spelling test, her mate told me Test 17 · ★ 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
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# Test 17 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

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heard Lily's mum n dad are splitting up cos she failed her spelling test, her mate told me

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, mate · **What happens:** hear, split up, fail, tell, test · **To what, where:** mum, spelling test, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t17:1
# text = heard Lily's mum n dad are splitting up cos she failed her spelling test, her mate told me
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	n	n	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	splitting	split	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  | Lily's mum |  |  |  | n dad | tree rules |
| 2 | **split up** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fail** | past | Lily | Lily's spelling test |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Lily's mate |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 5 | **test** |  | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=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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Do not spread it; divorce is never the child's fault, so that part is surely untrue

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t17:o1:1
# text = Do not spread it; divorce is never the child's fault, so that part is surely untrue
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | divorce | the child's fault |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | that part |  |  |  |  | surely, untrue *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is true, bad marks can cause a divorce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t17:o2:1
# text = It is true, bad marks can cause a divorce
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | can | bad marks | a divorce |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition divorce=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is true, so Lily should study harder now so that her parents stay together

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t17:o3:1
# text = It is true, so Lily should study harder now so that her parents stay together
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **study** | should | Lily |  |  |  | now | hard *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stay together** | present | Lily's parents |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pass it on to everyone so that Lily knows how many people understand her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t17:o4:1
# text = Pass it on to everyone so that Lily knows how many people understand her
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	understand	understand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | everyone |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to everyone=Destination |
| 2 | **know** | present | Lily | many people |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 3 | **understand** | present |  | Lily |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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