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title: «my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad… — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics
description: «my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol». What does the lesson say? Test 1 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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 1 · Big brothers

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«my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol». What does the lesson say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, lesson · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** rubbish, FIFA, day · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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/501-big-brothers/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:1
# text = «my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	FIFA	FIFA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my bro |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my bro *= bro* | rubbish |  | FIFA |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | bro | every day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent day=Topic |

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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 the lesson say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:2
# text = What does the lesson say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never play FIFA with him again, he'll only be mean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:o1:1
# text = Never play FIFA with him again, he'll only be mean
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	FIFA	FIFA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | FIFA |  |  | again | with FIFA | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fifa=Theme with he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | future | FIFA |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

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

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Notice the small kindness under the teasing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:o2:1
# text = Notice the small kindness under the teasing
1	Notice	notice	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | imperative | you *not said here* | the small kindness |  | the teasing |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kindness=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Praise from a brother is always fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:o3:1
# text = Praise from a brother is always fake
1	Praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
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	fake	fake	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 | Praise from a brother |  |  |  |  | always, fake *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teasing means he totally hates you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t1:o4:1
# text = Teasing means he totally hates you
1	Teasing	teasing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Teasing |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hate** | present | Teasing | you |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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