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title: "I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog." What is the fix? — Punctuation that changes meaning · tree and pragmatics
description: "I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog." What is the fix? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language 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 9 · ★ · Punctuation that changes meaning

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"I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog." What is the fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, fix · **What happens:** find, cook, be · **To what, where:** inspiration, family

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 14 «Punctuation that changes meaning» of the language 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/language/14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:1
# text = "I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inspiration	inspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** *in a quote* | present | I | inspiration |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inspiration=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | my family and my dog |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent family=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:2
# text = What is the fix?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fix	fix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fix |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I find inspiration, in cooking my family and my dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:o1:1
# text = I find inspiration, in cooking my family and my dog.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inspiration	inspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | I | inspiration |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inspiration=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** | gerund | I *not said here* | my family and my dog |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent family=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I find inspiration in cooking, my family and my dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:o2:1
# text = I find inspiration in cooking, my family and my dog.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inspiration	inspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | I | inspiration |  | cooking and my family and my dog |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inspiration=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I find inspiration in cooking my family, and my dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:o3:1
# text = I find inspiration in cooking my family, and my dog.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inspiration	inspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | I | inspiration |  |  |  | my dog *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inspiration=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** | gerund | inspiration *not said here* | my family |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent family=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I find, inspiration in cooking my family and my dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:14-punctuation-that-changes-meaning:t9:o4:1
# text = I find, inspiration in cooking my family and my dog.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	inspiration	inspiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | I | inspiration |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inspiration=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** | gerund | inspiration *not said here* | my family and my dog |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent family=Patient |

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