--- title: «new baby = parents love u less, that's just maths». What's true? — A new baby · tree and pragmatics description: «new baby = parents love u less, that's just maths». What's true? Test 1 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [A new baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) / t1 # Test 1 · A new baby «new baby = parents love u less, that's just maths». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents, that · **What happens:** love, be · **To what, where:** maths This is test 1 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «new baby = parents love u less, that's just maths». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:1 # text = «new baby = parents love u less, that's just maths». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 u u ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** *in a quote* | present | parents | | | | | less *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | maths | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Love doesn't run out when shared ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:o1:1 # text = Love doesn't run out when shared 1 Love love 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 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 7 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run out** | present · do-support | Love | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **share** | participle | Love *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Love is shared so each kid gets less ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:o2:1 # text = Love is shared so each kid gets less 1 Love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 shared share VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present · passive | | Love | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | present | each kid | less | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer less=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Parents only love the youngest child ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:o3:1 # text = Parents only love the youngest child 1 Parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | Parents | the youngest child | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} The oldest always gets the most love ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t1:o4:1 # text = The oldest always gets the most love 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the oldest | the most love | | | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus | **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. 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