Test 11 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…
Mum, January 2025: «It was reported Kate said she's in remission.» What does «it was reported» tell you?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: report, say, be, tell · To what, where: It, remission, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Mum, January 2025: «It was reported Kate said she's in remission.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 January | punct |
| 3 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | appos |
| 4 | 2025 | 2025 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 January | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 reported | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 reported | punct |
| 7 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 reported | aux:pass |
| 9 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Mum | parataxis |
| 10 | Kate | Kate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 reported | obj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 remission | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 remission | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 remission | case |
| 15 | remission | remission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report in a quote | past · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Mum | remission | 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 does «it was reported» tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reported | aux |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 reported | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 reported | aux:pass |
| 6 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 reported | punct |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reported | xcomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 tell | iobj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 reported | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report in a quote | present · passive · do-support | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
It's a rumour that nobody has checked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rumour | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rumour | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rumour | det |
| 4 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 checked | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 checked | aux |
| 8 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 rumour | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a rumour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | check | present · perfect · passive | a rumour | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
It's a guess made by a fan account on TikTok
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 guess | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 guess | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 guess | det |
| 4 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 guess | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 account | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 account | det |
| 8 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 account | compound |
| 9 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 TikTok | case |
| 11 | TikTok | TikTok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 account | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a guess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | a guess not said here | by a fan account on TikTok | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's something Mum made up herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 something | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 something | cop |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 4 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 something | acl:relcl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | something | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up | past | Mum | Mum | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The news came from reliable reporting of her words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 news | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 reporting | case |
| 5 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reporting | amod |
| 6 | reporting | reporting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 words | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 words | nmod:poss |
| 9 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 reporting | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the news | reliable reporting of news's words | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from reporting=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | report | news's words | nom reporting «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | word | news | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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