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title: Chloe's dad says, "A toilet? You're having a laugh." What is the fai… — Modern art: "my little brother could d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Chloe's dad says, "A toilet? You're having a laugh." What is the fairest answer? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts 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 6 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

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Chloe's dad says, "A toilet? You're having a laugh." What is the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, You, fairest answer · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** laugh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts 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/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Chloe's dad says, "A toilet?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:1
# text = Chloe's dad says, "A toilet?
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Chloe's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* You're having a laugh."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:2
# text = You're having a laugh."
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · progressive | You | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the fairest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:3
# text = What is the fairest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He is wrong, because absolutely everyone agrees that it is great

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:o1:1
# text = He is wrong, because absolutely everyone agrees that it is great
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was a joke that nobody noticed at the time or since

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:o2:1
# text = It was a joke that nobody noticed at the time or since
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **notice** | past | nobody | a joke |  |  | time |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many still disagree, but it asked who decides what art is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:o3:1
# text = Many still disagree, but it asked who decides what art is
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	ccomp	_	_
11	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | Many |  |  |  | still |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **decide** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | art |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is right, nobody talks about it now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t6:o4:1
# text = He is right, nobody talks about it now
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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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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 | **talk** | present | nobody |  |  |  | now | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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