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title: «Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother». W… — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics
description: «Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother». What's true? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings

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«Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Darnell · **What happens:** not meet, not be, be · **To what, where:** half bro, brother

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:1
# text = «Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Darnell	Darnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** *in a quote* | past |  | Darnell's half bro |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Darnell | Darnell's brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o1}

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FaceTime friends can't be family under any rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:o1:1
# text = FaceTime friends can't be family under any rule
1	FaceTime	facetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | can | FaceTime friends | family |  | any rule |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Half-brothers in different states aren't related

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:o2:1
# text = Half-brothers in different states aren't related
1	Half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Half brothers in different states |  |  |  |  | related *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You only count as brothers if you've met in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:o3:1
# text = You only count as brothers if you've met in person
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | You |  |  |  |  | as brothers | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as brother=Attribute |
| 2 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  | in person | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Half-siblings can start online and might meet one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t6:o4:1
# text = Half-siblings can start online and might meet one day
1	Half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | can | Half siblings |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **meet** | might | Half siblings *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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