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title: Nan's mum put sugar on cuts. Your cousin says that's "total rubbish"… — Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan's mum put sugar on cuts. Your cousin says that's "total rubbish". What's fairer? Test 8 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova's 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nan's mum put sugar on cuts. Your cousin says that's "total rubbish". What's fairer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, cousin, that · **What happens:** put, say, be · **To what, where:** sugar, cuts, total rubbish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan's mum put sugar on cuts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:1
# text = Nan's mum put sugar on cuts.
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Nan's mum | sugar |  | cuts |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme on cut=Destination |

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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:* Your cousin says that's "total rubbish".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:2
# text = Your cousin says that's "total rubbish".
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | total rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's fairer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:3
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cuts should never be cleaned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:o1:1
# text = Cuts should never be cleaned
1	Cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **clean** | should · passive |  | Cuts |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Honey has some real medical use, but at home clean and cover a cut

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:o2:1
# text = Honey has some real medical use, but at home clean and cover a cut
1	Honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
11	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Honey |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** |  | some |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | infinitive | Honey *not said here* | a cut |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cut=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's total rubbish, honey never helped anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:o3:1
# text = It's total rubbish, honey never helped anyone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | total rubbish and honey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **help** | past | total rubbish and honey |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nan is right, sugar heals everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t8:o4:1
# text = Nan is right, sugar heals everything
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nan |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **heal** | present | sugar | everything |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |

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