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# Test 5 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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«Nuala's mam made her change a nappy, that's child labour». What's the fair view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mam, Nuala, that, fair view · **What happens:** make, change, be · **To what, where:** Nuala, nappy, child labour

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Nuala's mam made her change a nappy, that's child labour».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t5:1
# text = «Nuala's mam made her change a nappy, that's child labour».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nuala	Nuala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nappy	nappy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Nuala's mam | Nuala |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** *in a quote* | infinitive | Nuala *not said here* | a nappy |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nappy=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | child labour |  |  |  |  | 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:t5:2
# 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 {#o1}

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She should refuse to help with anything ever again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t5:o1:1
# text = She should refuse to help with anything ever again
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	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | should | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **help** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  | again | with anything | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with anything=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Little jobs help, and she can say when it's too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t5:o2:1
# text = Little jobs help, and she can say when it's too much
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Little jobs |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Babies should change their own nappies by age one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t5:o3:1
# text = Babies should change their own nappies by age one
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nappies	nappy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | should | Babies | Babies's own nappies |  |  | by age |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's against the law for any kid to help at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t5:o4:1
# text = It's against the law for any kid to help at home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | against the law; for any kid | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | home |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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