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title: Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?» What's the truth? — Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?» What's the truth? Test 5 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?» What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rian, truth · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** servo

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:1
# text = Rian: «what's a servo, is it like a robot?»
1	Rian	Rian	PROPN	NNP	_	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Rian | a servo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rian |  |  |  |  | like a robot | 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 the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:2
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A kind of sausage they have on toast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:o1:1
# text = A kind of sausage they have on toast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | they | a kind of sausage |  | toast |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient |

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

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A petrol station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:o2:1
# text = A petrol station
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A school for kids in the outback

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:o3:1
# text = A school for kids in the outback
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	outback	outback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A robot waiter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t5:o4:1
# text = A robot waiter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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