--- title: In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune… — The older kid's «trade» · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune. What's more common in real life? 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What's more common in real life? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little kid · **What happens:** trade, win, be · **To what, where:** big bully, cartoon, fortune, real life This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:1 # text = In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune. 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 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 trades trade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bully bully NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trade** | present | a little kid | a big bully | | a cartoon | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Theme | | 2 | **win** | present | a little kid *not said here* | a fortune | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Eventuality | 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's more common in real life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:2 # text = What's more common in real life? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | real life | | common *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Older kids always lose ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:o1:1 # text = Older kids always lose 1 Older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | Older kids | | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Trades with older kids are always fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:o2:1 # text = Trades with older kids are always fair 1 Trades trade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Trades with older kids | | | | | always, fair *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Little kids always win trades ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:o3:1 # text = Little kids always win trades 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 trades trade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | Little kids | trades | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The older kid gets the better deal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t10:o4:1 # text = The older kid gets the better deal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the older kid | the better deal | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | **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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