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title: In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint. W… — Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint. What's truer? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint. What's truer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich cousin, poor cousin · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** film, saint

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:1
# text = In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the rich cousin |  |  | a film |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the poor cousin | a saint |  |  |  |  | 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:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:2
# 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rich or poor, cousins are just kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:o1:1
# text = Rich or poor, cousins are just kids
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	kids	kid	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 | Rich cousins | kids |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Poor kids are always perfect and kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:o2:1
# text = Poor kids are always perfect and kind
1	Poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Poor kids |  |  |  |  | always, perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Poor kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rich kids are always mean and selfish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:o3:1
# text = Rich kids are always mean and selfish
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rich kids |  |  |  |  | always, mean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cousins with different money can't be friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t9:o4:1
# text = Cousins with different money can't be friends
1	Cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | can | Cousins with different money | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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