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What's more likely? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** make, walk behind, be This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Thandi's sister made her walk behind, so she's ashamed of her». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:1 # text = «Thandi's sister made her walk behind, so she's ashamed of her». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thandi Thandi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Thandi's sister | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk behind** *in a quote* | infinitive | sister | | | | | behind *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sister | | | | | of Thandi; ashamed *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's more likely? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:2 # text = What's more likely? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It's a rule in every South African family ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:o1:1 # text = It's a rule in every South African family 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 7 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rule | | every South African family | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She wants to look cool in front of her friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:o2:1 # text = She wants to look cool in front of her friends 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | in front of her friends; cool *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She's ashamed of her sister and always has been ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:o3:1 # text = She's ashamed of her sister and always has been 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | of her sister; ashamed *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thandi did something terrible that morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t11:o4:1 # text = Thandi did something terrible that morning 1 Thandi Thandi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 det _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Thandi | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | **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. 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