--- title: ★★★ Lucas's mum married Jaylon's dad. Which statement is true? — Half- and step-siblings · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Lucas's mum married Jaylon's dad. Which statement is true? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Half- and step-siblings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings ★★★ Lucas's mum married Jaylon's dad. Which statement is true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, statement · **What happens:** marry, be · **To what, where:** dad This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Lucas's mum married Jaylon's dad. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Lucas's mum married Jaylon's dad. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Jaylon Jaylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past | ★ | Jaylon's dad | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Patient | 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:* Which statement is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:2 # text = Which statement is true? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which statement | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Lucas and Jaylon share no parent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:o1:1 # text = Lucas and Jaylon share no parent 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Jaylon Jaylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Lucas and Jaylon | no parent | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Jaylon is Lucas's half-brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:o2:1 # text = Jaylon is Lucas's half-brother 1 Jaylon Jaylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Jaylon | Lucas's half brother | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Lucas and Jaylon share one parent ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:o3:1 # text = Lucas and Jaylon share one parent 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Jaylon Jaylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Lucas and Jaylon | one parent | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Lucas and Jaylon share two parents ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t8:o4:1 # text = Lucas and Jaylon share two parents 1 Lucas Lucas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Jaylon Jaylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Lucas and Jaylon | two parents | | | | | tree rules | **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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