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title: Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet. Wh… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet. When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly." What two things is she pointing out? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet. When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly." What two things is she pointing out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, sheet, she · **What happens:** forget, be, point out · **To what, where:** mine, week

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home» of the world 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/world/165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:1
# text = Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet.
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* The famous invisible sheet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:2
# text = The famous invisible sheet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:3
# text = When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly."
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | I | mine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | sheet | a week |  |  |  | of no telly | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* What two things is she pointing out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:4
# text = What two things is she pointing out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obl	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That Oliver can make things invisible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:o1:1
# text = That Oliver can make things invisible
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Oliver	Oliver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | that Oliver | things |  |  |  | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That homework sheets are often lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:o2:1
# text = That homework sheets are often lost
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | homework sheets |  |  |  | often *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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

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Mum's made-up excuse, and a different rule for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:o3:1
# text = Mum's made-up excuse, and a different rule for her
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **excuse** |  | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That she likes telly more than homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t1:o4:1
# text = That she likes telly more than homework
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | That | telly |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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