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Test 9 · ★★★ 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. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings ★★★ Ruby-Jean is 9 and her half-brother is 14. In how many years will he be twice her age? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, half brother, Jean · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** 9, 14, age This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ruby-Jean is 9 and her half-brother is 14. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Ruby-Jean is 9 and her half-brother is 14. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Jean Jean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ★ ★ Ruby Jean | 9 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | ★'s half brother | 14 | | | | | tree rules | 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:* In how many years will he be twice her age? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:2 # text = In how many years will he be twice her age? 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | future | Jean | ★'s age | | | year | twice *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Never; it already happened 4 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:o1:1 # text = Never; it already happened 4 years ago 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **happen** | past | it | | | | | ago *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} In 9 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:o2:1 # text = In 9 years 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} In 5 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:o3:1 # text = In 5 years 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} In 4 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:505-half-and-step-siblings:t9:o4:1 # text = In 4 years 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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