--- title: Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. Why is that… — Growing, seeing and hearing · tree and pragmatics description: Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. Why is that normal? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/t2/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Growing, seeing and hearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. Why is that normal? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two old twins · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** different heights This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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/211-growing-seeing-and-hearing/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:1 # text = Two ten-year-old twins in Glasgow are different heights. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 2 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 heights height NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Two old twins in Glasgow | different heights | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Why is that normal? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:2 # text = Why is that normal? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Heights only ever differ in adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:o1:1 # text = Heights only ever differ in adults 1 Heights height NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 differ differ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **differ** | present | Heights | | | | ever | in adults | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Each body grows at its own pace ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:o2:1 # text = Each body grows at its own pace 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | each body | | | | | at body's own pace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Twins must be the same height or be ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:o3:1 # text = Twins must be the same height or be ill 1 Twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must | Twins | the same height | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | Twins *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} One twin is older by a whole year ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:211-growing-seeing-and-hearing:t2:o4:1 # text = One twin is older by a whole year 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 twin twin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | One twin | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | **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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