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description: In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert. What is true in real life? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home

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In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert. What is true in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big sister · **What happens:** trick, give, be · **To what, where:** little brother, cartoon, dessert, real life

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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/433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	dessert	dessert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present | a big sister | sister's little brother |  | a cartoon |  | always *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | a big sister *not said here* | sister's dessert |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dessert=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 is true in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:2
# text = What is true in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tricking smaller kids is unfair and usually found out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:o1:1
# text = Tricking smaller kids is unfair and usually found out
1	Tricking	trick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | gerund |  | smaller kids |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Tricking |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **find out** | participle | Tricking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Little kids enjoy being tricked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:o2:1
# text = Little kids enjoy being tricked
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | Little kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **trick** | gerund · passive | Little kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Parents always take the big one's side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:o3:1
# text = Parents always take the big one's side
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Parents | the big one's side |  |  |  | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's a fair way for big kids to get a bit more food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:433-big-kids-little-kids-and-the-truth-at-home:t11:o4:1
# text = It's a fair way for big kids to get a bit more food
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	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	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fair way |  |  |  | for big kids | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | more food |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |

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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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