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title: Your sister rolls her eyes: "less sweets, fewer sweets, who cares, i… — Nouns: the names of things, people, pl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your sister rolls her eyes: "less sweets, fewer sweets, who cares, innit?" What's the fair answer? Test 4 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 4 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas

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Your sister rolls her eyes: "less sweets, fewer sweets, who cares, innit?" What's the fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, less sweets, fair answer · **What happens:** roll, care, innit, be · **To what, where:** eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» 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/2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister rolls her eyes: "less sweets, fewer sweets, who cares, innit?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:1
# text = Your sister rolls her eyes: "less sweets, fewer sweets, who cares, innit?"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present | Your sister | sister's eyes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | present | less sweets and fewer sweets |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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's the fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:2
# text = What's the fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fair answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fewer is only used for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:o1:1
# text = Fewer is only used for money
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Fewer |  |  |  | for money | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for money=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Less is always right and fewer is old-fashioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:o2:1
# text = Less is always right and fewer is old-fashioned
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | always, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fashioned *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In school writing say fewer for things you count, and don't bully people over it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:o3:1
# text = In school writing say fewer for things you count, and don't bully people over it
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	bully	bully	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | fewer |  | school writing |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent few=Theme in writing=Manner |
| 2 | **count** | present | you | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **bully** | infinitive · do-support |  |  | people | writing |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's a terrible mistake that makes you sound stupid, so always correct people loudly

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t4:o4:1
# text = It's a terrible mistake that makes you sound stupid, so always correct people loudly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
16	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a terrible mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a terrible mistake | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sound** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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