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title: In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cru… — Living in a children's home · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cruel lady. What's more real? Test 4 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 right.
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# Test 4 · Living in a children's home

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In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cruel lady. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** home · **What happens:** be, run · **To what, where:** scary old building, cartoon

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cruel lady.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a children's home is a scary old building run by a cruel lady.
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	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
14	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a children's home | a scary old building |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | participle |  | a scary old building *not said here* |  |  |  | by a cruel lady | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lady=Trajectory |

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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 more real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:2
# text = What's more real?
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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Usually an ordinary house with caring staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:o1:1
# text = Usually an ordinary house with caring staff
1	Usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	caring	caring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children's homes don't exist in real life now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Children's homes don't exist in real life now
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | present · do-support | Children's homes |  |  | real life | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every home is a scary building with a cruel boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Every home is a scary building with a cruel boss
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every home | a scary building |  |  |  | with a cruel boss | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Homes are like hotels where kids do whatever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:520-living-in-a-childrens-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Homes are like hotels where kids do whatever
1	Homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hotels	hotel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Homes |  |  |  |  | like hotels | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | kids | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality |

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