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title: «stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit». What's the difference? — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics
description: «stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit». What's the difference? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings

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«stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit». What's the difference?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** difference · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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/505-half-and-step-siblings/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:1
# text = «stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What's the difference?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:2
# text = What's the difference?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A half-sister lives with you, a stepsister never does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:o1:1
# text = A half-sister lives with you, a stepsister never does
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a half sister |  |  |  |  | with you | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present | a stepsister |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A stepsister shares both your parents; a half-sister one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:o2:1
# text = A stepsister shares both your parents; a half-sister one
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | a stepsister | your parents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They're exactly the same thing with two different names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:o3:1
# text = They're exactly the same thing with two different names
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the same thing |  |  |  | with two different names; exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A half-sister shares one parent; a stepsister shares none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t1:o4:1
# text = A half-sister shares one parent; a stepsister shares none
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | a half sister | one parent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | present | a stepsister | none |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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