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title: «Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime». What's the fair view? — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime». What's the fair view? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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«Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime». What's the fair view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aaliyah, it, fair view · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** slime

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:1
# text = «Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | Aaliyah |  |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | slime |  |  |  |  | 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 the fair view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:2
# text = What's the fair view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fair view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Her things deserve protecting too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:o1:1
# text = Her things deserve protecting too
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | Her things |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | gerund | Her things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She should give the slime away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:o2:1
# text = She should give the slime away
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | should | She | the slime |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent slime=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Older kids shouldn't have toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:o3:1
# text = Older kids shouldn't have toys
1	Older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | should | Older kids | toys |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Slime doesn't count as a thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t3:o4:1
# text = Slime doesn't count as a thing
1	Slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Slime |  |  |  |  | as a thing | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as thing=Attribute |

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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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