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title: In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to… — Siblings as best mates and as rivals · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to each other. What's true about real siblings? Test 8 · ★★ 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 opti
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

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In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to each other. What's true about real siblings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two brothers · **What happens:** fight, not be, be · **To what, where:** episode, cartoon

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to each other.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, two brothers fight every episode and are never nice to each other.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	13	obl	_	_
16	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | two brothers | every episode |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent episode=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | two brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to each; nice *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:* What's true about real siblings?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:2
# text = What's true about real siblings?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about real siblings; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Real siblings always hate each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:o1:1
# text = Real siblings always hate each other
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obj	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Real siblings | each |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They can be rivals one minute and best mates the next

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:o2:1
# text = They can be rivals one minute and best mates the next
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | They | rivals and best mates |  |  | minute |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brothers can't ever be a team

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:o3:1
# text = Brothers can't ever be a team
1	Brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **can** | can | Brothers |  |  |  | ever |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Real siblings never fight at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals:t8:o4:1
# text = Real siblings never fight at all
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	siblings	sibling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fight** | present | Real siblings |  |  | all |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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