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# Test 10 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn

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Leo: "Ice cream causes sunburn, it's giving science." What is the better science?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, cream, better science · **What happens:** cause, give, be · **To what, where:** sunburn, science

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 180 «Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn» 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/180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: "Ice cream causes sunburn, it's giving science."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:1
# text = Leo: "Ice cream causes sunburn, it's giving science."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** *in a quote* | present | Leo | sunburn |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sunburn=Patient |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | cream | science |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent science=Theme |

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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 is the better science?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:2
# text = What is the better science?
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	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	science	science	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 better science |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sunburn is what makes people want ice cream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:o1:1
# text = Sunburn is what makes people want ice cream
1	Sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sunburn |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **want** | infinitive | people *not said here* | ice cream |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cream=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eat ice cream only in winter to stay safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:o2:1
# text = Eat ice cream only in winter to stay safe
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | ice cream |  |  | winter |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Look for a third thing, the sun, that causes both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:o3:1
# text = Look for a third thing, the sun, that causes both
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | both |  |  |  | for a third thing and the sun | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | present | a third thing and the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stop eating ice cream altogether to avoid getting sunburn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t10:o4:1
# text = Stop eating ice cream altogether to avoid getting sunburn
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | ice cream |  |  |  | altogether *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Patient |
| 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | gerund | you *not said here* | sunburn |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunburn=Stimulus |

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