--- title: «Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him». What's a faire… — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics description: «Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him». What's a fairer view? 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What's a fairer view? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Trey, fairer view · **What happens:** ignore, hate, be · **To what, where:** Malachi, school This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:1 # text = «Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Trey trey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ignores ignore VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Malachi Malachi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** *in a quote* | present | Trey | Malachi | | school | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malachi=Theme | | 2 | **hate** *in a quote* | must | Trey | Malachi | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 a fairer view? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:2 # text = What's a fairer view? 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a fairer view | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Malachi should start ignoring everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:o1:1 # text = Malachi should start ignoring everyone 1 Malachi Malachi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 ignoring ignore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | should | Malachi | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **ignore** | gerund | Malachi *not said here* | everyone | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Trey doesn't know Malachi goes there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:o2:1 # text = Trey doesn't know Malachi goes there 1 Trey trey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Malachi Malachi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | Trey | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | present | Malachi | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} School and home can be different worlds ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:o3:1 # text = School and home can be different worlds 1 School school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 worlds world NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | can | School and home | different worlds | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Trey definitely hates him and always will ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t4:o4:1 # text = Trey definitely hates him and always will 1 Trey trey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 definitely definitely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | Trey | him *= he* | | | | definitely *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | **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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