--- title: «Finlay's being soft, lying on his brother's bed». What's true? — Big brothers · tree and pragmatics description: «Finlay's being soft, lying on his brother's bed». What's true? Test 7 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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Big brothers «Finlay's being soft, lying on his brother's bed». What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finlay · **What happens:** be, lie · **To what, where:** bed This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Finlay's being soft, lying on his brother's bed». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:1 # text = «Finlay's being soft, lying on his brother's bed». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Finlay Finlay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Finlay | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** *in a quote* | gerund | Finlay *not said here* | | | Finlay's brother's bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location | 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 true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:2 # text = What's true? 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 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Big boys should never miss anyone at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:o1:1 # text = Big boys should never miss anyone at all 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **miss** | should | Big boys | anyone | | all | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He should forget about Torquil quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:o2:1 # text = He should forget about Torquil quickly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Torquil Torquil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | should | He | | | | | about Torquil; quickly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's trying to steal Torquil's bedroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:o3:1 # text = He's trying to steal Torquil's bedroom 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 Torquil Torquil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Torquil's bedroom | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bedroom=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Missing a brother who has left is natural ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:501-big-brothers:t7:o4:1 # text = Missing a brother who has left is natural 1 Missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | gerund | | a brother | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | | 2 | **leave** | present · perfect | a brother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | Missing | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | **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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