Test 11 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: told ppl · What happens: tell, know · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ppl	amod
2	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ppl	nmod:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 know	advmod
7	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 true	nmod:poss
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 true	advmod
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	know	present	told ppl a rumour				now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Say nothing and hope it's forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hope	cc
4	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgotten	nsubj:pass
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 forgotten	aux:pass
7	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	hope	present	you not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	forget	present · passive		it	tree rules

Option 2

Blame the person who told you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 person	acl:relcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	the person					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	the person		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Correct it with the people you told

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Correct	correct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Correct	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 people	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Correct	obl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	imperative	you not said here	it				with the people	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with people=Instrument
2	tell speech: assert	past	you	the people not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

Option 4

Make up a new rumour

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	5 rumour	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rumour	amod
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a new rumour					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rumour=Pivot

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