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title: Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract. Just say… — The brother who never does anything wr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract. Just say you don't wanna go." What would an honest Mum say? Test 6 · ★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…

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Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract. Just say you don't wanna go." What would an honest Mum say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kid, you, honest Mum · **What happens:** have, sign, say, not go · **To what, where:** contract · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:1
# text = Kid: "Mum, at this rate the weather has to sign a contract.
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	sign	sign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Kid and Mum and this rate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sign** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Kid and Mum and this rate *not said here* | a contract |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent contract=Destination |

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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:* Just say you don't wanna go."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:2
# text = Just say you don't wanna go."
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **go** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What would an honest Mum say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:3
# text = What would an honest Mum say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a honest Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"Beaches are always bad luck."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:o1:1
# text = "Beaches are always bad luck."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Beaches | bad luck |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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"I'm tired today, let's go next week."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:o2:1
# text = "I'm tired today, let's go next week."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  | today | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"We'll go when it's not windy, hot or cold."

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:o3:1
# text = "We'll go when it's not windy, hot or cold."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | future | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | windy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"The weather isn't good enough yet."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:165-the-brother-who-never-does-anything-wrong-double-standards:t6:o4:1
# text = "The weather isn't good enough yet."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the weather |  |  |  | yet | enough, good *property* | tree rules |

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