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title: Two children share a cake. One cuts and the other picks first. Why i… — People and society — communities, work… · tree and pragmatics
description: Two children share a cake. One cuts and the other picks first. Why is this fair? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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 w
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# Test 5 · ★ · People and society — communities, work, money and rules

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Two children share a cake. One cuts and the other picks first. Why is this fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two children, One, this · **What happens:** share, cut, be · **To what, where:** cake

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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/58-people-and-society/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two children share a cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:1
# text = Two children share a cake.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Two children | a cake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* One cuts and the other picks first.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:2
# text = One cuts and the other picks first.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	picks	pick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | One |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* Why is this fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:3
# text = Why is this fair?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cutting first is always an advantage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:o1:1
# text = Cutting first is always an advantage
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Cutting | a advantage |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cutter has a reason to make the pieces equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:o2:1
# text = The cutter has a reason to make the pieces equal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the cutter | a reason |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the cutter *not said here* | the pieces |  |  |  | equal *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The picker must take the smaller piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:o3:1
# text = The picker must take the smaller piece
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picker	picker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | must | the picker | the smaller piece |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cutter always gets to keep the bigger piece of cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:58-people-and-society:t5:o4:1
# text = The cutter always gets to keep the bigger piece of cake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the cutter |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the cutter *not said here* | the bigger piece of cake |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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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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