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title: Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till mid… — Hard things at home: broken promises,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night." What would really help her? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

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Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night." What would really help her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Chloe, They · **What happens:** think, fight, work, help · **To what, where:** Chloe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» 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/13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:1
# text = Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night."
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
16	till	till	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Chloe |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** *in a quote* | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | because Chloe | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **work** *in a quote* | future | Chloe |  |  |  | midnight; night |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would really help her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:2
# text = What would really help her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  | Chloe |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mum explaining they were worried, and a plan with the teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:o1:1
# text = Mum explaining they were worried, and a plan with the teacher
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mum | a plan with the teacher |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hiding her next school report

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:o2:1
# text = Hiding her next school report
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | her next school report |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Patient |
| 2 | **report** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Telling them to stop arguing about her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:o3:1
# text = Telling them to stop arguing about her
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about her *= she* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Working till midnight every night so that they never argue again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t6:o4:1
# text = Working till midnight every night so that they never argue again
1	Working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	argue	argue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  | midnight; night |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | they |  |  |  | again |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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