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title: In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor… — Hard things at home: broken promises,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor by his dad and must pick a side. What's the truth in real life? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

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In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor by his dad and must pick a side. What's the truth in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, dad, truth · **What happens:** like, call, pick, be · **To what, where:** new partner, boy, film, side · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» of the reflection 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/reflection/13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor by his dad and must pick a side.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:1
# text = In a film, a boy who likes his mum's new partner is called a traitor by his dad and must pick a side.
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	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	xcomp	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | a boy | boy's mum's new partner |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot partner=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | present · passive | boy's dad | a boy |  | a film |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **pick** | must | boy's dad *not said here* | a side |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient |

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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 in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:2
# text = What's the truth in real life?
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	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	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 in real life |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Kids should hate new partners to be loyal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:o1:1
# text = Kids should hate new partners to be loyal
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hate	hate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | should | Kids | new partners |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer partner=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | Kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loyal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Liking a new partner is a kind of betrayal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:o2:1
# text = Liking a new partner is a kind of betrayal
1	Liking	like	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	is	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	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | gerund |  | a new partner |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot partner=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Liking | a kind |  |  |  | of betrayal | tree rules |

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

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Liking a new partner doesn't mean loving Dad less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:o3:1
# text = Liking a new partner doesn't mean loving Dad less
1	Liking	like	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	loving	love	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | gerund |  | a new partner |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot partner=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | Liking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **love** *not said to happen* | gerund | Liking *not said here* | Dad |  |  |  | less *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Kids must always pick one side in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:13-hard-things-at-home-broken-promises-silence-money-and-illness:t3:o4:1
# text = Kids must always pick one side in the end
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | must | Kids | one side |  |  | in the end | always *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient |

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