--- title: Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food,… — Neighbours, the council, rules and fai… · tree and pragmatics description: Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. Is that fair? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/t4/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Neighbours, the council, rules and fai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. Is that fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little sister, you, that · **What happens:** have, break, be, cut, not do · **To what, where:** broken arm, food This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:1 # text = Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Your little sister | a broken arm | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | Your little sister *not said here* | | | | | help *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **cut** | gerund | Your little sister *not said here* | sister's food | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product | | 5 | **not** **do** | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is that fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:2 # text = Is that fair? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yes, fair can mean getting what you need ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, fair can mean getting what you need 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | can | fair | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | gerund | fair *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **need** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, fair means everybody gets the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:o2:1 # text = No, fair means everybody gets the same 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | fair | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | everybody | the same | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer same=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, she should cut yours too ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:o3:1 # text = No, she should cut yours too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | should | she | yours | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, because younger children always win ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness:t4:o4:1 # text = Yes, because younger children always win 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | younger children | | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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