--- title: Zara's cousin: "People in Chad die younger 'cause they're just less… — Humanity today: how many we are, how l… · tree and pragmatics description: Zara's cousin: "People in Chad die younger 'cause they're just less healthy people, innit." What's fairer? 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What's fairer? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** People · **What happens:** die, be, innit · **To what, where:** cousin, healthy people This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zara's cousin: "People in Chad die younger 'cause they're just less healthy people, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:1 # text = Zara's cousin: "People in Chad die younger 'cause they're just less healthy people, innit." 1 Zara Zara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Chad Chad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 cause cause SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 healthy healthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present | People in Chad | Zara's cousin *not said here* | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | People | healthy people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | People in Chad *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* What's fairer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:2 # text = What's fairer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Health care, wealth and peace make the big difference, not the people themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:o1:1 # text = Health care, wealth and peace make the big difference, not the people themselves 1 Health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Health care and wealth and peace | the big difference the people care | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difference=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is because of the weather only ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:o2:1 # text = It is because of the weather only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 6 case _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | because the weather | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} People there are born weaker ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:o3:1 # text = People there are born weaker 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 weaker weak ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | People | | | | weak *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} People in Chad live longer than in Japan ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:78-humanity-today-how-many-how-long-how-rich:t9:o4:1 # text = People in Chad live longer than in Japan 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Chad Chad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Japan Japan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | People in Chad | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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