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# Test 1 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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«my big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me». What does Cerys's morning show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big sis, she, Cerys · **What happens:** be, hate, do, show · **To what, where:** me, morning show

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:1
# text = «my big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	SO	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	defo	defo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 big sis |  |  |  |  | bossy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | she | me |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |

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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 Cerys's morning show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:2
# text = What does Cerys's morning show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Cerys	Cerys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Cerys's morning show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** |  | Cerys |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Bossy and protective often go together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:o1:1
# text = Bossy and protective often go together
1	Bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	protective	protective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go together** | present |  |  |  |  |  | often, together *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sisters who boss you around hate you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:o2:1
# text = Sisters who boss you around hate you
1	Sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	boss	boss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boss** | present | Sisters |  | you |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **hate** | present | Sisters | you |  |  |  | around *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She should stop talking to her sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:o3:1
# text = She should stop talking to her sister
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to her sister | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to sister=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bossy sisters never stick up for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t1:o4:1
# text = Bossy sisters never stick up for you
1	Bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	stick	stick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stick up** | present | Bossy sisters |  |  |  |  | for you | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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