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title: "lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no… — Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and… · tree and pragmatics
description: "lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet". Who's right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground

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"lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet". Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** saturn, one twin, other, way · **What happens:** float, say, be · **To what, where:** bath, planet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» of the myths 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/myths/32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:1
# text = "lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	saturn	saturn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** *in a quote* | would | saturn |  |  | a bath |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bath=Trajectory |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | one twin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the other |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | no way | a planet |  |  |  |  | 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:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o1}

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Neither: Saturn is made of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:o1:1
# text = Neither: Saturn is made of water
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Neither |  |  |  | of water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the first twin: it would float in our bath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:o2:1
# text = Only the first twin: it would float in our bath
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | would | twin | the first twin *not said here* |  | our bath |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location twin=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both a bit: it's less dense than water, but no bath could hold it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:o3:1
# text = Both a bit: it's less dense than water, but no bath could hold it
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc:preconj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bit |  |  |  |  | than water; a bit *obl:unmarked*; dense, less *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | could | no bath | bit |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the second twin: planets sink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t1:o4:1
# text = Only the second twin: planets sink
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | planets |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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