--- title: «it's like prison, man». What's more true about the rules? — Living in a children's home · tree and pragmatics description: «it's like prison, man». What's more true about the rules? Test 2 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t2/) [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/) / [Living in a children's home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/) / t2 # Test 2 · Living in a children's home «it's like prison, man». What's more true about the rules? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be This is test 2 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «it's like prison, man». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:1 # text = «it's like prison, man». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | like prison | 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 more true about the rules? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:2 # text = What's more true about the rules? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about the rules; true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They are a punishment for being in care ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:o1:1 # text = They are a punishment for being in care 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | a punishment | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | for care | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are there to make kids miserable ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:o2:1 # text = They are there to make kids miserable 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | kids | | | | miserable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kid=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They only exist in children's homes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:o3:1 # text = They only exist in children's homes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 exist exist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | present | They | | | children's homes | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They keep kids safe, like many family rules ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t2:o4:1 # text = They keep kids safe, like many family rules 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | They | kids | | | | like many family rules; safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | **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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