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title: «why does HE get £10 and i get £5, it's NOT fair». He's 13 and mows… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: «why does HE get £10 and i get £5, it's NOT fair». He's 13 and mows the lawn. What's true? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · When you want what others have

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«why does HE get £10 and i get £5, it's NOT fair». He's 13 and mows the lawn. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** HE, i, it · **What happens:** get, not be, be, mow · **To what, where:** 13, lawn

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «why does HE get £10 and i get £5, it's NOT fair».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:1
# text = «why does HE get £10 and i get £5, it's NOT fair».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	HE	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | HE |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

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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:* He's 13 and mows the lawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:2
# text = He's 13 and mows the lawn.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	mows	mow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | 13 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mow** | present | He *not said here* | the lawn |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He should give you half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:o1:1
# text = He should give you half
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | He | half | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient half=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You should get more for being younger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:o2:1
# text = You should get more for being younger
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | should | You | more |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | more *not said here* |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |

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

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Fair doesn't always mean the same; he's older and does more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:o3:1
# text = Fair doesn't always mean the same; he's older and does more
1	Fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | Fair | the same |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Fair |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present | Fair *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's always unfair to get different amounts, whatever the reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t6:o4:1
# text = It's always unfair to get different amounts, whatever the reason
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | different amounts |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer amount=Stimulus |

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