--- title: In a cartoon, the single dad is useless and burns everything forever… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, the single dad is useless and burns everything forever. What's truer? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/t8/) [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/) / [Mum on her own, Dad on his own](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own In a cartoon, the single dad is useless and burns everything forever. What's truer? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** single dad · **What happens:** be, burn · **To what, where:** cartoon, everything This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the single dad is useless and burns everything forever. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:1 # text = In a cartoon, the single dad is useless and burns everything forever. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 11 obj _ _ 13 forever forever ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the single dad | | | a cartoon | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | present | the single dad *not said here* | everything | | | | forever *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | 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 truer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:2 # text = What's truer? 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 truer true ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 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 {#o1} Only mums can look after children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:o1:1 # text = Only mums can look after children 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 mums mum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | can | mums | | | | after children | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Dads can never learn to cook or braid ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:o2:1 # text = Dads can never learn to cook or braid 1 Dads dad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cook cook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 braid braid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **learn** | can | Dads | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | Dads *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **braid** | infinitive | Dads *not said here* | | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Single dads learn new skills, with effort ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:o3:1 # text = Single dads learn new skills, with effort 1 Single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dads dad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | Single dads | new skills | | | | with effort | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Single dads always give up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t8:o4:1 # text = Single dads always give up 1 Single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 dads dad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | present | Single dads | | | | | always *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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