--- title: In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his… — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics description: In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is. What does Benji's story say? Test 5 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/501-big-brothers/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Big brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/501-big-brothers/) / t5 # Test 5 · Big brothers In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is. What does Benji's story say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little brother, brother, story · **What happens:** have, be, say · **To what, where:** film, swimming star · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:1 # text = In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the little brother | | | a film | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the little brother *not said here* | a swimming star | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | present | brother's brother | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 does Benji's story say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:2 # text = What does Benji's story say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 Benji Benji PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Benji's story | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Little brothers must copy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:o1:1 # text = Little brothers must copy 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | must | Little brothers | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} You can find your own thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:o2:1 # text = You can find your own thing 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | can | You | your own thing | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Swimming is the only sport ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:o3:1 # text = Swimming is the only sport 1 Swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Swimming | the only sport | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Families should pick your hobbies for you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t5:o4:1 # text = Families should pick your hobbies for you 1 Families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hobbies hobby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | should | Families | your hobbies | | | | for you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hobby=Theme for you=Beneficiary | **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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