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title: A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly. W… — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly. What should really happen? Test 6 · ★★ 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 c
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

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A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly. What should really happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** babysitter kid · **What happens:** fix, break, happen · **To what, where:** broken arm

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:1
# text = A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lolly	lolly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | a babysitter kid | a broken arm |  |  |  | with tape and a lolly | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient with tape=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 should really happen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:2
# text = What should really happen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Get a grown-up straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:o1:1
# text = Get a grown-up straight away
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Just give two lollies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:o2:1
# text = Just give two lollies
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	lollies	lolly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | two lollies |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lolly=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tape works fine for arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:o3:1
# text = Tape works fine for arms
1	Tape	tape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Tape |  |  |  |  | for arms; fine *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for arm=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait till tea time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t6:o4:1
# text = Wait till tea time
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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