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title: In a cartoon, the cat says the dog wants "to eat all the food in the… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the cat says the dog wants "to eat all the food in the world", but the dog only said he was hungry. What trick is that? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

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In a cartoon, the cat says the dog wants "to eat all the food in the world", but the dog only said he was hungry. What trick is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cat, dog · **What happens:** say, want, eat, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, food, world, trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics 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/politics/39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the cat says the dog wants "to eat all the food in the world", but the dog only said he was hungry.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, the cat says the dog wants "to eat all the food in the world", but the dog only said he was hungry.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	only	only	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the cat |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | present | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | all food |  | the world |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | dog |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | 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 trick is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:2
# text = What trick is that?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A steelman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:o1:1
# text = A steelman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steelman	steelman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A survey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:o2:1
# text = A survey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A compromise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:o3:1
# text = A compromise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	compromise	compromise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A strawman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:39-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names:t8:o4:1
# text = A strawman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strawman	strawman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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