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title: Harry: "Did your dad drink milk as a baby giraffe, Grandad?" What is… — Correlation is not cause: ice cream an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry: "Did your dad drink milk as a baby giraffe, Grandad?" What is he poking fun at? Test 7 · ★ 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 choice wa
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# Test 7 · ★ · Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn

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Harry: "Did your dad drink milk as a baby giraffe, Grandad?" What is he poking fun at?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harry · **What happens:** do, drink, poke · **To what, where:** dad, milk, fun

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry: "Did your dad drink milk as a baby giraffe, Grandad?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:1
# text = Harry: "Did your dad drink milk as a baby giraffe, Grandad?"
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	giraffe	giraffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Harry *not said here* | your dad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | Harry | milk |  |  |  | as a baby giraffe | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

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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 he poking fun at?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:2
# text = What is he poking fun at?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	poking	poke	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | present · progressive | Harry | fun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His grandad being very tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:o1:1
# text = His grandad being very tall
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tall	tall	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** | gerund | His grandad |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Milk being good food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:o2:1
# text = Milk being good food
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	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** | gerund | Milk | good food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The idea that baby giraffes drink milk every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:o3:1
# text = The idea that baby giraffes drink milk every night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | baby giraffes | milk |  |  | night |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |

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

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The idea that milk alone made the family tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:180-correlation-is-not-cause-ice-cream-and-sunburn:t7:o4:1
# text = The idea that milk alone made the family tall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the idea | the family |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset family=Product |

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