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title: «Why can't you be more like Rosa? She's top of the class, she is». W… — Siblings as best mates and as rivals · tree and pragmatics
description: «Why can't you be more like Rosa? She's top of the class, she is». What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it? Test 4 · ★★ 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 eac
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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«Why can't you be more like Rosa? She's top of the class, she is». What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Rosa, Mum · **What happens:** be, happen, keep, say · **To what, where:** top, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Why can't you be more like Rosa?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:1
# text = «Why can't you be more like Rosa?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | can | you |  |  |  |  | like Rosa | 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:* She's top of the class, she is».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:2
# text = She's top of the class, she is».
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rosa | top |  |  |  | of the class | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | Rosa |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:3
# text = What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Mum *not said here* | class |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing at all, comparing never hurts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing at all, comparing never hurts
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	comparing	compare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rosa and Elowen would become best mates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:o2:1
# text = Rosa and Elowen would become best mates
1	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | would | Rosa and Elowen | best mates |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Elowen would feel worse and might give up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:o3:1
# text = Elowen would feel worse and might give up
1	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | would | Elowen |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give up** | might | Elowen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Elowen would get top marks the next week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t4:o4:1
# text = Elowen would get top marks the next week
1	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | Elowen | top marks |  |  | week |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |

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