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title: What would probably happen if Amelia told her mum about the «not my… — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if Amelia told her mum about the «not my real sister» comments? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 3 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings

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What would probably happen if Amelia told her mum about the «not my real sister» comments?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amelia, real sister · **What happens:** happen, tell, comment · **To what, where:** comments · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t3:1
# text = What would probably happen if Amelia told her mum about the «not my real sister» comments?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Amelia	Amelia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Amelia |  | my real sister's comments |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient comment=Topic |
| 3 | **comment** |  | my real sister |  |  |  |  |  | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing; parents can't help with step-siblings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t3:o1:1
# text = Nothing; parents can't help with step-siblings
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | can | Nothing parents |  |  |  |  | with step siblings | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sibling=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her stepbrother would be sent away to live elsewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t3:o2:1
# text = Her stepbrother would be sent away to live elsewhere
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stepbrother	stepbrother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | would · passive |  | Her stepbrother |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | elsewhere *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She'd get the blame for telling on her stepbrother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t3:o3:1
# text = She'd get the blame for telling on her stepbrother
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	stepbrother	stepbrother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | She | the blame |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | her stepbrother |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The grown-ups could help, as everyone deserves respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t3:o4:1
# text = The grown-ups could help, as everyone deserves respect
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
10	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | could | the grown ups |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deserve** | present | everyone | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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