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title: Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything». Lewis… — Siblings as best mates and as rivals · tree and pragmatics
description: Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything». Lewis is crying. What should Jago learn? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything». Lewis is crying. What should Jago learn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jago, I, Lewis · **What happens:** win, be, cry, learn · **To what, where:** cornflake race, everything

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:1
# text = Jago: «I won the cornflake race, I'm the best at everything».
1	Jago	Jago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cornflake	cornflake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Jago | the cornflake race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | everything |  | good *property* | 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:* Lewis is crying.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:2
# text = Lewis is crying.
1	Lewis	Lewis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | Lewis |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should Jago learn?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:3
# text = What should Jago learn?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jago	Jago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | should | Jago |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Racing should be banned for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:o1:1
# text = Racing should be banned for ever
1	Racing	racing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | should · passive |  | Racing |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Winning at breakfast makes you the best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:o2:1
# text = Winning at breakfast makes you the best
1	Winning	win	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | gerund |  |  |  | breakfast |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent at breakfast=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | present | Winning | the best | you |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary good=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Compete for fun, not to crush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:o3:1
# text = Compete for fun, not to crush
1	Compete	compete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	crush	crush	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compete** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for fun | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **crush** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crying means Lewis cheated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t11:o4:1
# text = Crying means Lewis cheated
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Lewis	Lewis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | Lewis |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lewis=Topic |
| 3 | **cheat** | participle |  | Lewis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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