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title: Ruby: "My hamster's 2. Two isn't old!" What's true? — Growing up: ages of people and pets, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: "My hamster's 2. Two isn't old!" What's true? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…

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Ruby: "My hamster's 2. Two isn't old!" What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two · **What happens:** not be, be

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» of the world 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/world/128-growing-up-ages-dog-years/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: "My hamster's 2.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:1
# text = Ruby: "My hamster's 2.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Two isn't old!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:2
# text = Two isn't old!"
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Two |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hamsters never get old

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:o1:1
# text = Hamsters never get old
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present | Hamsters |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hamsters live about 20 years, so it's a baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:o2:1
# text = Hamsters live about 20 years, so it's a baby
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Hamsters |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A hamster is only old after 10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:o3:1
# text = A hamster is only old after 10
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a hamster |  |  |  | after 10 | old *property* | tree rules |

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

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For a hamster, 2 is old; they live about 2 to 3 years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t2:o4:1
# text = For a hamster, 2 is old; they live about 2 to 3 years
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 2 |  |  |  |  | for a hamster; old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | they |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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