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title: Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand. She ca… — When money is tight · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand. She can't tell. What does it show? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · When money is tight

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Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand. She can't tell. What does it show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, brand · **What happens:** do, not tell, show · **To what, where:** blind taste test · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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/9-when-money-is-tight/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:1
# text = Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cornflakes	cornflake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	vs	versus	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	13	case	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Gran | a blind taste test and famous cornflakes versus own brand |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality |

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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:* She can't tell.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:2
# text = She can't tell.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does it show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:3
# text = What does it show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | brand |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Famous brands are always better, whatever the price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:o1:1
# text = Famous brands are always better, whatever the price
1	Famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brands	brand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Famous brands |  |  |  |  | always, good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gran's taste buds have stopped working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:o2:1
# text = Gran's taste buds have stopped working
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	buds	bud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · perfect · passive |  | Gran's taste buds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Own-brand food is unsafe to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:o3:1
# text = Own-brand food is unsafe to eat
1	Own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | brand food |  |  |  |  | unsafe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | brand food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Own brand can be just as good and costs less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t8:o4:1
# text = Own brand can be just as good and costs less
1	Own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Own brand |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cost** | present | Own brand *not said here* |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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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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