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description: Identify the reason for which the arrangement «one cuts, the other chooses» tends to produce fair shares. Exam question 2 of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Thinking cleverly about people

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Identify the reason for which the arrangement «one cuts, the other chooses» tends to produce fair shares.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, arrangement, other chooses · **What happens:** identify, cut, tend, produce · **To what, where:** reason, fair shares · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e2:1
# text = Identify the reason for which the arrangement «one cuts, the other chooses» tends to produce fair shares.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chooses	chooses	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	produce	produce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** *in a quote* | present | the arrangement |  |  |  |  | for the reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **tend** | present | the other chooses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **produce** | to-infinitive | the other chooses *not said here* | fair shares |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Result |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The person choosing always takes the smaller piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e2:o1:1
# text = The person choosing always takes the smaller piece
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | the person | the smaller piece |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pieces are subsequently weighed on a scale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e2:o2:1
# text = The pieces are subsequently weighed on a scale
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	weighed	weigh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | present · passive |  | the pieces |  | a scale |  | subsequently *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cutting is invariably carried out by an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e2:o3:1
# text = The cutting is invariably carried out by an adult
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutting	cutting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | present · passive | a adult | the cutting |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The person cutting has a reason to cut fairly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:e2:o4:1
# text = The person cutting has a reason to cut fairly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cutting	cutting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the person cutting | a reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | to-infinitive | the person cutting *not said here* | a reason *not said here* |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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