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description: Cousin Tom says "Eating cake makes you naughty." What should you tell him? Test 10 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

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Cousin Tom says "Eating cake makes you naughty." What should you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cousin, you · **What happens:** say, eat, make, tell · **To what, where:** cake, you, Cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» of the adult life 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/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin Tom says "Eating cake makes you naughty."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:1
# text = Cousin Tom says "Eating cake makes you naughty."
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	nsubj	_	_
6	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund |  | cake |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present |  | you |  |  |  | naughty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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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 should you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:2
# text = What should you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | you |  | Cousin |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Food is not good or bad behaviour; sweets are for sometimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:o1:1
# text = Food is not good or bad behaviour; sweets are for sometimes
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Food |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | sweets |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only grown-ups get naughty from cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:o2:1
# text = Only grown-ups get naughty from cake
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | grown ups |  |  | cake |  | naughty *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from cake=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is right, so you should never eat cake again in your life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:o3:1
# text = He is right, so you should never eat cake again in your life
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | should | you | cake |  | your life | again |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cake makes you naughty only on weekdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights:t10:o4:1
# text = Cake makes you naughty only on weekdays
1	Cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	weekdays	weekday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cake | you |  | weekdays |  | naughty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

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**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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