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Test 7 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say…

Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour. Nobody trusted her in the end." What happened to her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nan, stirring, street, Nobody · What happens: stir, be, start, trust, happen · To what, where: tea, street, rumour, Nan, end

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stirring	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nan	punct
3	stirring	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 street	csubj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tea	nmod:poss
5	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stirring	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 was	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 was	punct
8	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 was	expl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 street	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 woman	det
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 was	nsubj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 street	case
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 street	nmod:poss
14	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 started	nsubj
16	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 street	acl:relcl
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 rumour	det
18	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 started	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 street	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	gerund	Nan	Nan's tea					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tea=Experiencer
2	is in a quote	past	stirring			our street			tree rules
3	start in a quote	past	our street	every rumour					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality

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: Nobody trusted her in the end."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 trusted	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 trusted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	past	Nobody	Nan			in the end		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Sentence 3: What happened to her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happened	obl
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past			Nan				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

She became the most popular woman there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 popular	advmod
5	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 became	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	She	the popular woman		there			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Everybody thanked her for the news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 thanked	nsubj
2	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thanked	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 news	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 news	det
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thanked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	Everybody		her = she			for the news	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for news=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She lost people's trust and friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trust	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 people	case
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 friendship	cc
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	She	people's trust and friendship					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Eventuality
2	trust		people						nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She got a job at the newspaper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 job	det
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 newspaper	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 newspaper	det
7	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	a job		the newspaper			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent job=Theme at newspaper=Asset

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