--- title: In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "K… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." Put it right. Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The brother who never does anything wr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard… In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, Nobody, Kings, you · **What happens:** say, eat, not count, put · **To what, where:** cartoon, cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards 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/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:1 # text = In a cartoon the king says, "Nobody may eat cake," and eats cake: "Kings don't count." 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 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 21 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the king | | | a cartoon | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | may | Nobody | cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | present | the king *not said here* | cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 4 | **not** **count** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Kings | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:2 # text = Put it right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | cake | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's fair as long as he says it loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:o1:1 # text = It's fair as long as he says it loudly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair, long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he | it | | | | loudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine because the cake was his ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:o2:1 # text = It's fine because the cake was his 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | because the cake; fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | the cake *not said here* | his *= he* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Kings really are allowed any exception ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:o3:1 # text = Kings really are allowed any exception 1 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | present · passive | | Kings | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal exception=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It's special pleading; a fair rule applies to the one who makes it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t11:o4:1 # text = It's special pleading; a fair rule applies to the one who makes it 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 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pleading pleading NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 applies apply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | special pleading | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **apply** | present | a fair rule | | the one | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | present | the one | rule | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | **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. 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