--- title: Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavi… — Gran, cousins and the whole wide family · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." Put him right. Test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Gran, cousins and the whole wide family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, Blood, water, you · **What happens:** say, be, mean, put · **To what, where:** science, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life 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/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:1 # text = Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Blood | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | water | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | blood | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | that science | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | water | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is a saying: family bonds are the strongest ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:o1:1 # text = It is a saying: family bonds are the strongest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bonds bond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a saying | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | family bonds | a saying *not said here* | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is right, it is only about science ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:o2:1 # text = He is right, it is only about science 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | about science | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means families never ever argue ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:o3:1 # text = It means families never ever argue 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 argue argue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | families | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* *not said to happen* | infinitive | | | | | ever | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means you should drink more water ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t3:o4:1 # text = It means you should drink more water 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **drink** | should | you | more water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | **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. 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