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title: Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says. Healthier th… — Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats" · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says. Healthier than who, eh?" Why is it a good question? Test 9 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» 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 wa
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# Test 9 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

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Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says. Healthier than who, eh?" Why is it a good question?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kids, it · **What happens:** take, be, say · **To what, where:** 'em, good question · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» 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/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:1
# text = Dad, grumpy: "Kids who take 'em are healthier, it says.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Kids | 'em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Kids |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Healthier than who, eh?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:2
# text = Healthier than who, eh?"
1	Healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why is it a good question?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:3
# text = Why is it a good question?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a good question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because vitamins always make children ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:o1:1
# text = Because vitamins always make children ill
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	vitamins	vitamin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | vitamins | children |  |  |  | always, ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset child=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because gummies are the only reason kids are healthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:o2:1
# text = Because gummies are the only reason kids are healthy
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	gummies	gummy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | gummies | the only reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | kids | the only reason *not said here* |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because only grown-ups can become healthier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:o3:1
# text = Because only grown-ups can become healthier
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | can | grown ups |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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

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Without a fair comparison you can't tell what made them healthier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats:t9:o4:1
# text = Without a fair comparison you can't tell what made them healthier
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | you |  |  |  |  | without a fair comparison | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | healthy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material they=Product |

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