--- title: A Gen Alpha kid says "brunch and smog are just slang, they don't cou… — Building words: prefixes, suffixes and… · tree and pragmatics description: A Gen Alpha kid says "brunch and smog are just slang, they don't count." What's fairer? 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What's fairer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gen kid, brunch · **What happens:** say, be, not count · **To what, where:** slang · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» 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/37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Gen Alpha kid says "brunch and smog are just slang, they don't count." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:1 # text = A Gen Alpha kid says "brunch and smog are just slang, they don't count." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 brunch brunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 smog smog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 slang slang NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Gen kid | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | brunch and smog | slang | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support | brunch | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | 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:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:2 # 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 {#o1} Only blends from Latin count as real words ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:o1:1 # text = Only blends from Latin count as real words 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 blends blend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Latin Latin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blend** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | present | Latin | | | | | as real words | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as word=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blends only count if a king approves them ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:o2:1 # text = Blends only count if a king approves them 1 Blends blend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 approves approve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | Blends | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **approve** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a king | Blends *= blend* | | | | | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They're blends, and many blends become normal words ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:o3:1 # text = They're blends, and many blends become normal words 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 blends blend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 blends blend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | blends and many blends | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | present | blends and many blends | normal words | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's right, blends are never real words in any dictionary ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:37-building-words-prefixes-suffixes-and-compounds:t6:o4:1 # text = He's right, blends are never real words in any dictionary 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 blends blend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 dictionary dictionary NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | blends | real words | | any dictionary | | | tree rules | **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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