--- title: «only kids are all spoilt brats lol». What's true? — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics description: «only kids are all spoilt brats lol». What's true? Test 1 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The only child: a quiet house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/) / t1 # Test 1 · The only child: a quiet house «only kids are all spoilt brats lol». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** spoilt brats This is test 1 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «only kids are all spoilt brats lol». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:1 # text = «only kids are all spoilt brats lol». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 spoilt spoilt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 brats brat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | kids | spoilt brats | | | | all *property* | tree rules | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 {#o1} Only kids never have to do any chores ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:o1:1 # text = Only kids never have to do any chores 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 kids kid 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 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | present | kids | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | kids *not said here* | any chores | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, every only child is spoilt rotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, every only child is spoilt rotten 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 spoilt spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spoil** | present · passive | | every only child | | | | rotten *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It's a stereotype; many do loads of chores ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:o3:1 # text = It's a stereotype; many do loads of chores 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stereotype stereotype NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a stereotype | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | many | loads of chores | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Only kids get double pocket money by law ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t1:o4:1 # text = Only kids get double pocket money by law 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | kids | double pocket money | | | | by law | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=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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