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title: Kai: "Lighters make you ill, no cap." His aunt: "A lighter's just a… — Correlation is not cause: ice cream an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai: "Lighters make you ill, no cap." His aunt: "A lighter's just a lighter, Kai." Who is right? Test 6 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's
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# Test 6 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kai: "Lighters make you ill, no cap." His aunt: "A lighter's just a lighter, Kai." Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lighters · **What happens:** make, be · **To what, where:** you

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: "Lighters make you ill, no cap."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:1
# text = Kai: "Lighters make you ill, no cap."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Lighters	lighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Lighters | you |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

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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:* His aunt: "A lighter's just a lighter, Kai."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:2
# text = His aunt: "A lighter's just a lighter, Kai."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lighter	lighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lighter	lighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:3
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither; lung disease has no cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:o1:1
# text = Neither; lung disease has no cause
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	lung	lung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | lung disease | no cause |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kai; the gas in the lighter causes it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:o2:1
# text = Kai; the gas in the lighter causes it
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lighter	lighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Kai | gas |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both; lighters and smoking are equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:o3:1
# text = Both; lighters and smoking are equal
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lighters	lighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both lighters and smoking |  |  |  |  | equal *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His aunt; smoking is the cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t6:o4:1
# text = His aunt; smoking is the cause
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | His aunt and smoking | the cause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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