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# Test 7 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

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In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end. What's missing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big sister posts, everyone · **What happens:** photo, laugh, be

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	_
17	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **photo** |  | the big sister posts |  |  |  |  | of her little sister | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 missing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:2
# text = What's missing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She should have asked first, and it hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:o1:1
# text = She should have asked first, and it hurt
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should · perfect | She |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The little sister should post one back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:o2:1
# text = The little sister should post one back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	post	post	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post back** | should | the little sister | one |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing; posting photos is always fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing; posting photos is always fine
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	posting	post	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | gerund |  | photos |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | always, fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Makeup photos can't upset anybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff:t7:o4:1
# text = Makeup photos can't upset anybody
1	Makeup	makeup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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