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title: In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch. What's more real? — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch. What's more real? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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 7 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch. What's more real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new stepmum · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wicked witch, film

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:1
# text = In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch.
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	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the new stepmum | a wicked witch |  | a film |  |  | 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 more real?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:2
# text = What's more real?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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All stepmums are wicked, like in the stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:o1:1
# text = All stepmums are wicked, like in the stories
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	stepmums	stepmum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all stepmums |  |  |  |  | like the stories; wicked *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every new partner is perfect from day one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:o2:1
# text = Every new partner is perfect from day one
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every new partner |  |  |  | day | one *obl*; perfect *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Many new partners are kind, some get it wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:o3:1
# text = Many new partners are kind, some get it wrong
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Many new partners |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | some | it |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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New partners never want to meet the kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t7:o4:1
# text = New partners never want to meet the kids
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present | New partners |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | New partners *not said here* | the kids |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Co-Agent |

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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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