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title: ★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in… — Commas: lists, clauses and clarity · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in Leeds". Which one suggests the speaker has more than one brother? Test 2 of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 2 · Commas: lists, clauses and clarity

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★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in Leeds". Which one suggests the speaker has more than one brother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, one, speaker · **What happens:** live, suggest, have · **To what, where:** Leeds, one brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 33 «Commas: lists, clauses and clarity» of the English 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/english/33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in Leeds".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:1
# text = ★★★ "My brother who lives in Leeds" versus "My brother, who lives in Leeds".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
12	versus	versus	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** *in a quote* | present | My brother |  |  | Leeds |  | versus My brother | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leeds=Location |
| 2 | **live** *in a quote* | present | My brother |  |  | Leeds |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leeds=Location |

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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:* Which one suggests the speaker has more than one brother?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:2
# text = Which one suggests the speaker has more than one brother?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	9	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | which one |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | the speaker | one brother |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither says anything about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:o1:1
# text = Neither says anything about it
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Neither | anything |  |  |  | about it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both suggest exactly that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:o2:1
# text = Both suggest exactly that
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suggest	suggest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | Both | that |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The one without commas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:o3:1
# text = The one without commas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	commas	comma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The one with commas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:33-commas-lists-clauses-and-clarity:t2:o4:1
# text = The one with commas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	commas	comma	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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