--- title: Two children in a group each want their own poster design. What is a… — Breakfast, the register, the timetable… · tree and pragmatics description: Two children in a group each want their own poster design. What is a fair way to decide? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/t8/) [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/) / [Breakfast, the register, the timetable…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthqu… Two children in a group each want their own poster design. What is a fair way to decide? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two children, children, fair way · **What happens:** want, design, be, decide · **To what, where:** own poster design This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 329 «Breakfast, the register, the timetable, corridors, earthquake drills, pick-up, phones, tidy desks, homework and group work» 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/329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two children in a group each want their own poster design. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:1 # text = Two children in a group each want their own poster design. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 poster poster NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Two children in a group | children's own poster design | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot design=Theme | | 2 | **design** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=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:* What is a fair way to decide? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:2 # text = What is a fair way to decide? 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a fair way | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive | a fair way *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The one who shouts loudest wins ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:o1:1 # text = The one who shouts loudest wins 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 loudest loud ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 wins win NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the one | loudest wins | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hear both ideas, then vote or combine them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:o2:1 # text = Hear both ideas, then vote or combine them 1 Hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 vote vote VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 combine combine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | both ideas | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | | 2 | **vote** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **combine** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ideas *= idea* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody makes the poster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:o3:1 # text = Nobody makes the poster 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 poster poster NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Nobody | the poster | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poster=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The taller child decides ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:329-breakfast-register-timetable-corridors-drills-pickup-phones:t8:o4:1 # text = The taller child decides 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | the taller child | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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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