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title: Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ev… — School legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever. What's true? Test 2 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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 2 · School legends

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Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big brother, one detention · **What happens:** say, stop, get, be · **To what, where:** you, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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/myths/24-school-legends/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:1
# text = Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your big brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | future | one detention | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | one detention *not said here* | any job |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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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There's no lifelong record that every employer reads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:o1:1
# text = There's no lifelong record that every employer reads
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no lifelong record |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | present | every employer | no lifelong record |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only detentions on Mondays count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:o2:1
# text = Only detentions on Mondays count
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	detentions	detention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | detentions on Mondays |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Detentions are published in the newspaper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:o3:1
# text = Detentions are published in the newspaper
1	Detentions	detention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | present · passive |  | Detentions |  | the newspaper |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, every single detention gets sent to the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:24-school-legends:t2:o4:1
# text = He's right, every single detention gets sent to the police
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | present · passive |  | every single detention |  | the police |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to police=Destination |

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