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# Test 5 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Liam's sister: "Yeah, the gum forced him. Gum is very bossy." What is she being sarcastic about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, Gum · **What happens:** force, be · **To what, where:** gum

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam's sister: "Yeah, the gum forced him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:1
# text = Liam's sister: "Yeah, the gum forced him.
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	forced	force	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** *in a quote* | past | Liam's sister |  | gum |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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:* Gum is very bossy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:2
# text = Gum is very bossy."
1	Gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is she being sarcastic about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:3
# text = What is she being sarcastic about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dad blaming anything but Liam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:o1:1
# text = Dad blaming anything but Liam
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | gerund | Dad *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The school phoning home too often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:o2:1
# text = The school phoning home too often
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	phoning	phone	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **phone** | gerund | the school |  |  |  |  | home, often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chewing gum being really dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:o3:1
# text = Chewing gum being really dangerous
1	Chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	compound	_	_
2	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Chewing gum |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Liam being too bossy at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t5:o4:1
# text = Liam being too bossy at school
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | Liam |  |  | school |  | bossy *property* | tree rules |

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