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title: You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants… — Sharing, sleep and safe food · tree and pragmatics
description: You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes. What do you do? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 209 «Sharing, sleep and safe food» of the everyday 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 6 · ★ · Sharing, sleep and safe food

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You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes. What do you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, old cousin · **What happens:** babysit, want, do · **To what, where:** grapes

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 209 «Sharing, sleep and safe food» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:1
# text = You are babysitting with Grandma and your two-year-old cousin wants grapes.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	babysitting	babysit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **babysit** | present · progressive | You |  |  |  |  | with Grandma | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | present | your old cousin | grapes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grape=Theme |

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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 do you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:2
# text = What do you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Give him whole grapes, as they are soft enough to chew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:o1:1
# text = Give him whole grapes, as they are soft enough to chew
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | whole grapes | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient grape=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | grapes *= grape* |  |  |  |  | enough, soft *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **chew** | to-infinitive | grapes *= grape* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Give him hard sweets instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:o2:1
# text = Give him hard sweets instead
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | hard sweets | him *= he* |  |  | instead *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sweet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Give a handful so he eats fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:o3:1
# text = Give a handful so he eats fast
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	handful	handful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | a handful |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ask Grandma to cut them lengthways first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food:t6:o4:1
# text = Ask Grandma to cut them lengthways first
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Grandma |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent grandma=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cut** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | first, lengthways *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=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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