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title: Kid: "Mum, it's your toast. It's black. It's giving charcoal." What… — Who stole the remote? Jumping to concl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid: "Mum, it's your toast. It's black. It's giving charcoal." What is the lesson? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

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Kid: "Mum, it's your toast. It's black. It's giving charcoal." What is the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, toast, lesson · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** toast, charcoal

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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/162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: "Mum, it's your toast.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:1
# text = Kid: "Mum, it's your toast.
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | your toast |  |  |  |  | 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:* It's black.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:2
# text = It's black.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	black	black	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 | toast |  |  |  |  | black *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* It's giving charcoal."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:3
# text = It's giving charcoal."
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	charcoal	charcoal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · progressive | toast | charcoal |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charcoal=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What is the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:4
# text = What is the lesson?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Kids should never be in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:o1:1
# text = Kids should never be in the kitchen
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | should | Kids |  |  | the kitchen |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toast always burns in the end, so it's best not to make any at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:o2:1
# text = Toast always burns in the end, so it's best not to make any at all
1	Toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | Toast |  |  |  | in the end | always *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | Toast |  |  | all |  | make *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Charcoal is made from toast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:o3:1
# text = Charcoal is made from toast
1	Charcoal	charcoal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Charcoal |  | toast |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from toast=Material |

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

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Check what is actually burning before deciding who

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:162-who-stole-the-remote-jumping-to-conclusions:t11:o4:1
# text = Check what is actually burning before deciding who
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | present · progressive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **decide** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent who=Topic |

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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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