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title: Which habit makes children happier in the long run? — Disappointment, jealousy and embarrass… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which habit makes children happier in the long run? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

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Which habit makes children happier in the long run?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** habit · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** children

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t8:1
# text = Which habit makes children happier in the long run?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	happier	happy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | which habit | children |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset child=Product |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Keeping a list of what others have that they do not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t8:o1:1
# text = Keeping a list of what others have that they do not
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | a list |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | others |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **do** | present | others *= other* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wanting whatever their friends get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t8:o2:1
# text = Wanting whatever their friends get
1	Wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | their friends | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whatever=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Comparing their things with everyone else's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t8:o3:1
# text = Comparing their things with everyone else's
1	Comparing	compare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | gerund |  | their things |  |  |  | with everyone | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thing=Patient with everyone=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Being grateful for what they have

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment:t8:o4:1
# text = Being grateful for what they have
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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