--- title: Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!" Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad… — Humanity today: how many we are, how l… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!" Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad, that's sus!" Who's right? 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Who's right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** it, sus This is test 11 of lesson 78 «Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich» of the history 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/history/78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:1 # text = Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!" 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Grandad and Kids | it | | | today | easy *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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:* Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad, that's sus!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:2 # text = Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad, that's sus!" 1 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | that sus | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Who's right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:3 # text = Who's right? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Neither, nothing has changed ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:o1:1 # text = Neither, nothing has changed 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present · perfect · passive | | nothing | | | | neither *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only Ben, life was easier in 1900 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:o2:1 # text = Only Ben, life was easier in 1900 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1900 1900 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Ben life | | | 1900 | | easy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only Grandad: life is perfect now and children have no worries at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:o3:1 # text = Only Grandad: life is perfect now and children have no worries at all 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 worries worry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Grandad's life | | | | now | perfect *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | children | no worries | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Both partly: kids are healthier now, but face new worries ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t11:o4:1 # text = Both partly: kids are healthier now, but face new worries 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 partly partly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 healthier healthy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 face face VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 worries worry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Both | | | | now | healthy, partly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **face** | present | Both *not said here* | new worries | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme worry=Destination | **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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