--- title: Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they st… — When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals… · tree and pragmatics description: Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth? Test 1 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/t1/) [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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/) / t1 # Test 1 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big… Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Christmas, cousin, Lush, truth · **What happens:** be, start, row, ruin, innit, mean · **To what, where:** proper lush, lush This is test 1 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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/14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:1 # text = Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lush lush NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 rowing row VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 forever forever ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Christmas | proper lush | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | past | cousin | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **row** *in a quote* | gerund | cousin *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ruin** *in a quote* | present · passive | | lush | | | now | forever *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | 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:* ("Lush" means lovely.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:2 # text = ("Lush" means lovely.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Lush Lush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Lush | | | | | lovely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What's the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:3 # text = What's the truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She's right; it'll be ruined every year now ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:o1:1 # text = She's right; it'll be ruined every year now 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 ruined ruin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ruin** | future · passive | | it | | | now; year | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} One bad moment doesn't ruin every Christmas ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:o2:1 # text = One bad moment doesn't ruin every Christmas 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 moment moment 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 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ruin** | present · do-support | One bad moment | every Christmas | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Christmas rows always happen again next year ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:o3:1 # text = Christmas rows always happen again next year 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Christmas rows | | | | again; year | always *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Christmas is only lush for grown-ups ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:14-when-home-feels-shaky-rows-hospitals-new-babies-and-big-changes:t1:o4:1 # text = Christmas is only lush for grown-ups 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lush lush ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Christmas | | | | | for grown ups; lush *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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