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Test 6 · ★ · Comfortable families: enough, but not everything

In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day. What's more real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class kid · What happens: throw, get, be · To what, where: tantrum, cartoon, pony

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throws	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kid	det
6	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 class	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 middle	punct
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kid	compound
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throws	nsubj
10	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tantrum	det
12	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throws	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gets	cc
14	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 throws	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pony	det
16	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	obj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 day	amod
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 throws	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	the class kid	a tantrum		a cartoon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tantrum=Theme in cartoon=Destination
2	get	present	the class kid not said here	a pony			day		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pony=Stimulus

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: What's more real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 real	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 real	amod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						real property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Middle-class families always have stables at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 class	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Middle	punct
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 families	compound
4	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 have	advmod
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	class families	stables		home		always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stable=Patient

Option 2

Ponies are cheaper than headsets, so they say yes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheaper	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 headsets	case
5	headsets	headset	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheaper	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 say	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	parataxis
10	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ponies					than headsets; cheap property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Ponies = pony						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Option 3

Every tantrum ends with a pony if it's loud enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 tantrum	det
2	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	nsubj
3	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 pony	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pony	det
6	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ends	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 loud	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 loud	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 loud	cop
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ends	advcl
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 loud	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	every tantrum					with a pony	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with pony=Subeventuality
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	tantrum					enough, loud property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Families make choices, and tantrums don't buy ponies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 buy	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 buy	cc
6	tantrums	tantrum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 buy	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 buy	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 buy	advmod
9	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	advcl
10	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Families	choices					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product
2	not buy	present · do-support	tantrums	ponies					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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