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description: Arnav: «Rohan's like my big bro, innit». Can a cousin be like a big brother? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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 was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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Arnav: «Rohan's like my big bro, innit». Can a cousin be like a big brother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rohan, cousin · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arnav: «Rohan's like my big bro, innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:1
# text = Arnav: «Rohan's like my big bro, innit».
1	Arnav	Arnav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Rohan	Rohan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rohan |  |  |  |  | like my big bro | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Can a cousin be like a big brother?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:2
# text = Can a cousin be like a big brother?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | a cousin |  |  |  |  | like a big brother | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, only real brothers count as that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:o1:1
# text = No, only real brothers count as that
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | real brothers |  |  |  |  | as that | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as that=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if they live in the same house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:o2:1
# text = Only if they live in the same house
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | they |  |  | the same house |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, cousins can be role models

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, cousins can be role models
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	role	role	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	models	model	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | cousins | role models |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, cousins are always each other's rivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t10:o4:1
# text = No, cousins are always each other's rivals
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | cousins | each other rivals |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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