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title: Jaylen: «my bro's in the NBA on a secret team». The brother laughs:… — The friend with a PS6 · tree and pragmatics
description: Jaylen: «my bro's in the NBA on a secret team». The brother laughs: «I'm on the chess team». What's the lesson? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 10 · ★ · The friend with a PS6

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Jaylen: «my bro's in the NBA on a secret team». The brother laughs: «I'm on the chess team». What's the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, brother, I, lesson · **What happens:** be, laugh · **To what, where:** NBA, chess team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jaylen: «my bro's in the NBA on a secret team».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:1
# text = Jaylen: «my bro's in the NBA on a secret team».
1	Jaylen	Jaylen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	NBA	NBA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my bro |  |  | the NBA |  | on a secret team | 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:* The brother laughs: «I'm on the chess team».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:2
# text = The brother laughs: «I'm on the chess team».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | the brother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | the chess team |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:3
# text = What's the lesson?
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	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Brothers always lie about sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:o1:1
# text = Brothers always lie about sport
1	Brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | Brothers |  |  |  |  | about sport; always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about sport=Location |

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

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The real thing about people you love is enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:o2:1
# text = The real thing about people you love is enough
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | you | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | the real thing about people |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never talk about your family at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:o3:1
# text = Never talk about your family at school
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | school |  | about your family | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about family=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Chess is a secret NBA team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:434-the-friend-with-a-ps6:t10:o4:1
# text = Chess is a secret NBA team
1	Chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	NBA	NBA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Chess | a secret NBA team |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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