--- title: Your brother is smug and right about blue whales. What's the honest… — Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and… · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother is smug and right about blue whales. What's the honest and fair move? 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What's the honest and fair move? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, honest move · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» 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/32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother is smug and right about blue whales. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:1 # text = Your brother is smug and right about blue whales. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 smug smug ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your brother | | | | | smug *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Your brother *not said here* | | | | | about blue whales | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the honest and fair move? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:2 # text = What's the honest and fair move? 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 7 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the honest move | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Refuse to admit it because he's smug ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:o1:1 # text = Refuse to admit it because he's smug 1 Refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 admit admit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 smug smug ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | | | smug *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Find a dinosaur picture to prove him wrong in front of everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:o2:1 # text = Find a dinosaur picture to prove him wrong in front of everyone 1 Find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | a dinosaur picture | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Topic | | 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | front of everyone | | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell Mum he's lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:o3:1 # text = Tell Mum he's lying 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | Mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | present · progressive | he | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Admit he's right, and ask him not to be mean about your age ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground:t10:o4:1 # text = Admit he's right, and ask him not to be mean about your age 1 Admit admit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | about your age | mean *property* | tree rules | **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. 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