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title: Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his… — Siblings as best mates and as rivals · tree and pragmatics
description: Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his fave». Best move for Zainab? Test 5 · ★★ 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 choice
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his fave». Best move for Zainab?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, Dad · **What happens:** say, do, not shout · **To what, where:** it, u · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his fave».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:1
# text = Hussain to Zainab: «Just say u did it, Dad won't shout at u, ur his fave».
1	Hussain	Hussain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Zainab	Zainab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	u	u	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	ur	ur	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	fave	fave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | u | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | future | Dad |  |  | u |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Best move for Zainab?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:2
# text = Best move for Zainab?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Zainab	Zainab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stand next to him while he owns up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:o1:1
# text = Stand next to him while he owns up
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
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 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **own up** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Say she did it, Dad will go easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:o2:1
# text = Say she did it, Dad will go easy
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
9	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | future | Dad |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide the phone and say it was stolen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:o3:1
# text = Hide the phone and say it was stolen
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **steal** | past · passive |  | phone |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell Dad she saw a burglar break it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t5:o4:1
# text = Tell Dad she saw a burglar break it
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	burglar	burglar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a burglar | Dad |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | she | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
| 3 | **break** | infinitive |  | burglar |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |

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