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description: Lucas's cousin says, "Bruv, art's not only about pretty." What does "bruv" mean here? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that"

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Lucas's cousin says, "Bruv, art's not only about pretty." What does "bruv" mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Bruv art, bruv · **What happens:** say, not be, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» of the arts 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/arts/18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucas's cousin says, "Bruv, art's not only about pretty."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:1
# text = Lucas's cousin says, "Bruv, art's not only about pretty."
1	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucas's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Bruv art |  |  |  |  | about, pretty *property* | 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:* What does "bruv" mean here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:2
# text = What does "bruv" mean here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | bruv |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:o1:1
# text = A stranger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mate, a friendly word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:o2:1
# text = Mate, a friendly word
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:o3:1
# text = A teacher
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brother, his real sibling only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:18-modern-art-my-little-brother-could-do-that:t7:o4:1
# text = Brother, his real sibling only
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sibling	sibling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

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