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title: «his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too». What's a better… — Feuds between families · tree and pragmatics
description: «his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too». What's a better way to think? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Feuds between families

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«his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too». What's a better way to think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, he, better way · **What happens:** be, think · **To what, where:** trouble

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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/474-feuds-between-families/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:1
# text = «his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | his family | trouble |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | he | trouble |  |  |  |  | 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 a better way to think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:2
# text = What's a better way to think?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a better way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a better way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ask his worst enemy about him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:o1:1
# text = Ask his worst enemy about him
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | his worst enemy |  |  |  | about him *= he* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent enemy=Recipient about he=Topic |

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

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Judge him by what he does himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:o2:1
# text = Judge him by what he does himself
1	Judge	judge	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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent he=Value |
| 2 | **do** | present | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Never trust anyone with a big family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:o3:1
# text = Never trust anyone with a big family
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	family	family	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** **trust** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  | with a big family | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient with family=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Families are all exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:474-feuds-between-families:t4:o4:1
# text = Families are all exactly the same
1	Families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Families |  |  |  |  | all, exactly, same *property* | tree rules |

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