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Test 9 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say…

A girl at the gate: "Is it true about Mr Green getting sacked? You must know!" You've no idea. What's the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gate, You, best answer · What happens: be, sack, know · To what, where: girl

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A girl at the gate: "Is it true about Mr Green getting sacked?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sacked	nsubj:pass
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
8	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	cop
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 true	nsubj
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sacked	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 Mr	case
12	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 true	obl
13	Green	Green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Mr	flat
14	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 sacked	aux:pass
15	sacked	sack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 sacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	gate					about Mr; true property	tree rules
2	sack in a quote	gerund · passive		a girl at the gate					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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: You must know!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 know	aux
3	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	must	You						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 3: You've no idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 've	nsubj
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 've	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 've	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: What's the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

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

"I don't know" — that's allowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 allowed	nsubj:pass
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 allowed	aux:pass
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know in a quote	present · do-support	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	allow	present · passive		that					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 2

Say yes, so you don't look silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	1 Say	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 look	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 look	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 look	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	conj
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 look	xcomp

#	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 NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	not look	present · do-support	you					silly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Say no, and invent what really happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 invent	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 invent	cc
5	invent	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 happened	nsubj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 happened	advmod
8	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invent	ccomp

#	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
2	invent	present							tree rules
3	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Make up a reason that sounds right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reason	det
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sounds	nsubj
6	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sounds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a reason					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reason=Pivot
2	sound	present	a reason					right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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