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Test 3 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say…

Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Big brother, It, I, Kev, you · What happens: grin, not be, repeat, say, innit, put · To what, where: gossip, Kev · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 49 «How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say it to their face» 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: Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brother	amod
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grinning	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grinning	punct
4	grinning	grin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 gossip	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 gossip	punct
7	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gossip	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gossip	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 gossip	advmod
10	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grinning	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 repeating	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 repeating	nsubj
13	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 repeating	aux
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 repeating	advmod
15	repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 grinning	parataxis
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 said	obj
17	Kev	Kev	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 said	nsubj
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 repeating	ccomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 grinning	parataxis
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 grinning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grin	gerund	Big brother						tree rules
2	not is a in a quote	present	It	gossip					tree rules
3	repeat in a quote	present · progressive	I						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Kev						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
5	innit in a quote	infinitive							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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Kev			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Repeating a rumour is spreading it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 spreading	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rumour	det
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repeating	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spreading	aux
5	spreading	spread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spreading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	gerund		a rumour					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality
2	spread	present · progressive	Repeating	rumour					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

It's fine if Kev is his mate

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 mate	mark
5	Kev	Kev	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mate	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 mate	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mate	nmod:poss
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	Kev	Kev's mate					tree rules

Option 3

It's fine if he says it quietly

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	obj
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	he	it				quietly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

He's right, only Kev is gossiping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gossiping	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 gossiping	advmod
6	Kev	Kev	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gossiping	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gossiping	aux
8	gossiping	gossip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	gossip speech: other	present · progressive	Kev						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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