--- title: Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» Why is Dad right to say no? — Ill on match day: play or stay home? · tree and pragmatics description: Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» Why is Dad right to say no? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Ill on match day: play or stay home?» of the medicine 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/medicine/60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home/t8/) [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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Ill on match day: play or stay home?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Ill on match day: play or stay home? Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» Why is Dad right to say no? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, it · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** Dad right · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Ill on match day: play or stay home?» of the medicine 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/medicine/60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:1 # text = Tom: «I'm fine, Dad, it's the final!» 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tom | | | | | Dad *vocative*; fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | final *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is Dad right to say no? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:2 # text = Why is Dad right to say no? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Dad right | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Finals are bad for headaches ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:o1:1 # text = Finals are bad for headaches 1 Finals final NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 headaches headache NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Finals | | | | | for headaches; bad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Headache and sickness after a knock can be concussion ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:o2:1 # text = Headache and sickness after a knock can be concussion 1 Headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knock knock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 concussion concussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | can | Headache after a knock and sickness | concussion | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Headers are always against the rules ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:o3:1 # text = Headers are always against the rules 1 Headers header NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Headers | | | | | against the rules; always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tom is too young for finals ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:60-ill-on-match-day-play-or-stay-home:t8:o4:1 # text = Tom is too young for finals 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 finals final NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tom | | | | | for finals; young *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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