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title: In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as… — Twins and big families · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending. What does the lesson add? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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 w
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# Test 5 · ★ · Twins and big families

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In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending. What does the lesson add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** twins, lesson · **What happens:** dress, be, play, add · **To what, where:** same, film, 40

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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/503-twins-and-big-families/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:1
# text = In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending.
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	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dress	dress	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | present | twins | the same |  | a film |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | twins *= twin* | 40 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | present · passive |  | film |  |  |  | as a happy ending | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:2
# text = What does the lesson add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	_
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	add	add	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 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only one twin is allowed a style

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:o1:1
# text = Only one twin is allowed a style
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | one twin |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal style=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Dressing differently ends a friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:o2:1
# text = Dressing differently ends a friendship
1	Dressing	dress	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **end** | present | Dressing | a friendship |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Wanting your own style is healthy too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:o3:1
# text = Wanting your own style is healthy too
1	Wanting	want	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | gerund |  | your own style |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot style=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Wanting |  |  |  |  | healthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twins must match their whole lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:503-twins-and-big-families:t5:o4:1
# text = Twins must match their whole lives
1	Twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | must | Twins | Twins's whole lives |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |

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