--- title: Which shows a child is being put in the middle of a divorce? — Grandparents, divorce and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Which shows a child is being put in the middle of a divorce? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families Which shows a child is being put in the middle of a divorce? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** show, put · **To what, where:** child, middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t9:1 # text = Which shows a child is being put in the middle of a divorce? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 divorce divorce NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put** | present · passive | | a child | | the middle of a divorce | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination | 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} Being asked to carry messages or take sides ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t9:o1:1 # text = Being asked to carry messages or take sides 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | messages | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | sides | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Having a bedroom in two different houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t9:o2:1 # text = Having a bedroom in two different houses 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | a bedroom | | two different houses | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spending weekends at each parent's home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t9:o3:1 # text = Spending weekends at each parent's home 1 Spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 weekends weekend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | gerund | | | | each parent's home | weekend | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Being told by both parents that they love you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:t9:o4:1 # text = Being told by both parents that they love you 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive | both parents | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** | present | parents *= parent* | you | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | **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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