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title: «Celestine talks like a lawyer so she can't have fun». What's true? — The only child: all the attention and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Celestine talks like a lawyer so she can't have fun». What's true? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

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«Celestine talks like a lawyer so she can't have fun». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Celestine · **What happens:** talk, not have, be · **To what, where:** fun

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Celestine talks like a lawyer so she can't have fun».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:1
# text = «Celestine talks like a lawyer so she can't have fun».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Celestine	celestine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
12	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | Celestine |  |  |  |  | like a lawyer | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | can | Celestine | fun |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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}

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Kids who talk like adults can never join a pillow fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:o1:1
# text = Kids who talk like adults can never join a pillow fight
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | Kids |  |  |  |  | like adults | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **join** | can | Kids | a pillow fight |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Celestine should be told off for using big words at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:o2:1
# text = Celestine should be told off for using big words at all
1	Celestine	celestine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | Celestine |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | big words |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only children never go on sleepovers with other kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:o3:1
# text = Only children never go on sleepovers with other kids
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sleepovers	sleepover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kids	kid	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** **go** | present | children |  |  | sleepovers |  | with other kids | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with kid=Beneficiary |

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

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Only children may talk grown-up and still need silly time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling:t6:o4:1
# text = Only children may talk grown-up and still need silly time
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | may | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | present | children *not said here* |  |  |  | still; time |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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