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title: A cartoon shows an only child who never makes a friend all summer. W… — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows an only child who never makes a friend all summer. What does Kwabena's holiday show instead? Test 7 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
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# Test 7 · The only child: a quiet house

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A cartoon shows an only child who never makes a friend all summer. What does Kwabena's holiday show instead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, only child, Kwabena · **What happens:** show, not make, do · **To what, where:** only child, friend, holiday show

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows an only child who never makes a friend all summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:1
# text = A cartoon shows an only child who never makes a friend all summer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | a only child |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **make** | present | a only child | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |

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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 does Kwabena's holiday show instead?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:2
# text = What does Kwabena's holiday show instead?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Kwabena	Kwabena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Kwabena's holiday show |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** |  | Kwabena |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only children need their parents to find them friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:o1:1
# text = Only children need their parents to find them friends
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | children | children's parents |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot parent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | children *not said here* | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme friend=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only children can't talk to kids from other countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:o2:1
# text = Only children can't talk to kids from other countries
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | can | children |  |  | other countries |  | to kids | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to kid=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only children always prefer reading by the pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:o3:1
# text = Only children always prefer reading by the pool
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	prefer	prefer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | children |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **read** *not said to happen* | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the pool | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Only children often learn to make friends fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t7:o4:1
# text = Only children often learn to make friends fast
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | children |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | children *not said here* | friends |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

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