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title: In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony… — Comfortable families: enough, but not… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day. What's more real? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 6 · ★ · Comfortable families: enough, but not everything

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In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** class kid · **What happens:** throw, get, be · **To what, where:** tantrum, cartoon, pony

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» 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/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, the middle-class kid throws a tantrum and gets a pony the same day.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | present | the class kid | a tantrum |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tantrum=Theme in cartoon=Destination |
| 2 | **get** | present | the class kid *not said here* | a pony |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pony=Stimulus |

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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's more real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:2
# text = What's more real?
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	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Middle-class families always have stables at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:o1:1
# text = Middle-class families always have stables at home
1	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | class families | stables |  | home |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stable=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ponies are cheaper than headsets, so they say yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:o2:1
# text = Ponies are cheaper than headsets, so they say yes
1	Ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	headsets	headset	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ponies |  |  |  |  | than headsets; cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ponies *= pony* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every tantrum ends with a pony if it's loud enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:o3:1
# text = Every tantrum ends with a pony if it's loud enough
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	tantrum	tantrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
11	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | every tantrum |  |  |  |  | with a pony | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with pony=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | tantrum |  |  |  |  | enough, loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Families make choices, and tantrums don't buy ponies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything:t6:o4:1
# text = Families make choices, and tantrums don't buy ponies
1	Families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	choices	choice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	tantrums	tantrum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Families | choices |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset choice=Product |
| 2 | **not** **buy** | present · do-support | tantrums | ponies |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme |

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