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title: last slice of cake, me n sis fighting. mum says one cuts other picks… — Thinking cleverly about people · tree and pragmatics
description: last slice of cake, me n sis fighting. mum says one cuts other picks. why Test 11 · ★★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

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last slice of cake, me n sis fighting. mum says one cuts other picks. why

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** n sis, last slice, one · **What happens:** fight, say, cut, slice · **To what, where:** other picks, cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t11:1
# text = last slice of cake, me n sis fighting. mum says one cuts other picks. why
1	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	_
7	n	n	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	picks	pick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
18	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund | n sis *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | last slice of cake and n sis |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cut** | present | one | other picks |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pick=Product |
| 4 | **slice** |  |  | cake |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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So mum does not have to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t11:o1:1
# text = So mum does not have to help
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the oldest gets the bigger piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t11:o2:1
# text = So the oldest gets the bigger piece
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nsubj	_	_
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	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the oldest | the bigger piece |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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So the cutter always wins the big piece and gets to choose first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t11:o3:1
# text = So the cutter always wins the big piece and gets to choose first
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	wins	win	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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | the cutter | the big piece |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | the cutter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **choose** | to-infinitive | the cutter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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The cutter will cut fairly so they get a fair piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t11:o4:1
# text = The cutter will cut fairly so they get a fair piece
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | future | the cutter |  |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **get** | present | they | a fair piece |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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