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title: «Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts… — The favourite, the black sheep, coveri… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts». What's truer? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other an…

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«Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts». What's truer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marquis, I, Mom · **What happens:** get, love, be · **To what, where:** CAR, bike, Marquis

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:1
# text = «Bruh, Marquis got a CAR and I got a bike, Mom loves him more, facts».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	CAR	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	Mom	Mom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Marquis | a CAR |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | a bike |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Mom | Marquis |  |  |  |  | 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 truer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:2
# text = What's truer?
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	truer	true	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Maybe, but older kids often get bigger presents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:o1:1
# text = Maybe, but older kids often get bigger presents
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | older kids | bigger presents |  |  |  | maybe, often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Mom secretly loves Ezekiel more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:o2:1
# text = No, Mom secretly loves Ezekiel more
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Ezekiel	Ezekiel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present |  | Ezekiel |  |  |  | Mom *vocative*; secretly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's because bikes are better than cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:o3:1
# text = It's because bikes are better than cars
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | than cars; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Definitely, a bigger present always means more love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t1:o4:1
# text = Definitely, a bigger present always means more love
1	Definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a bigger present | more love |  |  |  | always, definitely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic |

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