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title: big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's… — When you want what others have · tree and pragmatics
description: big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award». What's the kind thing? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 2 · ★★ · When you want what others have

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big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award». What's the kind thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big sis, little bro, bro, kind thing · **What happens:** get, go, be · **To what, where:** student, whatever, rubbish award

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» of the everyday 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/everyday/353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:1
# text = big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award».
1	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	award	award	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | big sis | student of the month |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer student=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | present | little bro | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bro | a rubbish award |  |  |  |  | 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's the kind thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:2
# text = What's the kind thing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the kind thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Agree that it's rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:o1:1
# text = Agree that it's rubbish
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | present | it | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell her to give it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:o2:1
# text = Tell her to give it back
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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Say well done to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:o3:1
# text = Say well done to her
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | participle | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Say nothing to her all week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:353-presents-goody-bags-certificates-and-the-newest-phone:t2:o4:1
# text = Say nothing to her all week
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | her *= she* |  | week |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to she=Recipient |

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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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