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title: In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable… — Warm parents and strict parents · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever. What's closer to Marquis's life? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 4 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents

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In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever. What's closer to Marquis's life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** strict dad, kids · **What happens:** not smile, be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smile** | present | the strict dad |  |  |  |  | in a cartoon | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the kids |  |  |  |  | forever, miserable *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:* What's closer to Marquis's life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:2
# text = What's closer to Marquis's life?
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	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	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** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to Marquis's life; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Strict dads never care about their children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:o1:1
# text = Strict dads never care about their children
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dads	dad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | present | Strict dads |  |  |  |  | about dads's children | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about child=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Strict routines can have lots of love inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:o2:1
# text = Strict routines can have lots of love inside
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	routines	routine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | Strict routines | lots of love |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Strict houses never have any fun at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:o3:1
# text = Strict houses never have any fun at all
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Strict houses | any fun |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children of strict dads are always unhappy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t4:o4:1
# text = Children of strict dads are always unhappy
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dads	dad	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	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Children of strict dads |  |  |  |  | always, unhappy *property* | tree rules |

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