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title: In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel meda… — Correlation is not cause: ice cream an… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky. Put the cartoon right. Test 5 · ★ of lesson 180 «Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 5 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn

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In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky. Put the cartoon right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scientist, Nobel medal, you · **What happens:** eat, drop, put · **To what, where:** giant chocolate bar, cartoon, sky

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon a scientist eats a giant chocolate bar and a Nobel medal drops from the sky.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	medal	medal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a scientist | a giant chocolate bar |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient |
| 2 | **drop** | present | a Nobel medal |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from sky=Trajectory |

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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:* Put the cartoon right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:2
# text = Put the cartoon right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cartoon |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rich countries have more chocolate and more labs; chocolate doesn't win prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:o1:1
# text = Rich countries have more chocolate and more labs; chocolate doesn't win prizes
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	labs	lab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Rich countries | more chocolate and more labs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **win** | present · do-support | chocolate | prizes |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eating chocolate is how scientists win prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:o2:1
# text = Eating chocolate is how scientists win prizes
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | scientists |  |  |  |  | win *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Medals really fall when you eat chocolate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:o3:1
# text = Medals really fall when you eat chocolate
1	Medals	medal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Medals |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | you | chocolate |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobel Prizes are only given to chocolate makers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t5:o4:1
# text = Nobel Prizes are only given to chocolate makers
1	Nobel	Nobel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | Nobel Prizes | chocolate makers |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to maker=Recipient |

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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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