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# Test 6 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…

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Mia: "He grew 6 cm and I only grew 4, it's well unfair!" What's the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, I, it, best answer · **What happens:** grow, be · **To what, where:** 6 cm, 4

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia: "He grew 6 cm and I only grew 4, it's well unfair!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:1
# text = Mia: "He grew 6 cm and I only grew 4, it's well unfair!"
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | Mia | 6 cm |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cm=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | I | 4 |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 4=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | unfair, well *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's the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:2
# text = What's the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She will never grow again after 9

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:o1:1
# text = She will never grow again after 9
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **grow** | future | She |  |  |  | after 9; again |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Boys always grow exactly 2 cm more a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:o2:1
# text = Boys always grow exactly 2 cm more a year
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Boys | more |  |  | year | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Children grow at different speeds, and spurts come at different times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:o3:1
# text = Children grow at different speeds, and spurts come at different times
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	speeds	speed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	spurts	spurt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Children |  |  | different speeds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location |
| 2 | **come** | present | spurts |  |  |  | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She must be ill, since everyone grows exactly the same amount every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:128-growing-up-ages-dog-years:t6:o4:1
# text = She must be ill, since everyone grows exactly the same amount every year
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | She |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | everyone | the same amount |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location amount=Theme |

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