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description: What would happen if Max kept trying to cure his mum's depression on his own? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

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What would happen if Max kept trying to cure his mum's depression on his own?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Max, mum · **What happens:** happen, keep, try, cure, depress · **To what, where:** depression, own

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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/reflection/12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:t6:1
# text = What would happen if Max kept trying to cure his mum's depression on his own?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	depression	depression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Max |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | gerund | Max *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **cure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Max *not said here* | Max's mum's depression |  | Max's own |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer depression=Source |
| 5 | **depress** |  | Max's mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom depression «state 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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He'd wear himself out, because a child can't cure an illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:t6:o1:1
# text = He'd wear himself out, because a child can't cure an illness
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | would | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent himself=Source |
| 2 | **not** **cure** | can | a child | a illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His jokes would make the illness go away completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:t6:o2:1
# text = His jokes would make the illness go away completely
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | His jokes | the illness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go away** | infinitive | the illness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away, completely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **joke** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His mum would be better in a day or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:t6:o3:1
# text = His mum would be better in a day or two
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | His mum |  |  |  | day | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; depression doesn't need any help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault:t6:o4:1
# text = Nothing; depression doesn't need any help
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	depression	depression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | depression | any help |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |

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