Test 17 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family's moving to Spain, I swear. which bit is likely just rumour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, I · What happens: expel, move, swear, be · To what, where: girl, Spain

This is test 17 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	7 expelled	advmod
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expelled	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 5B	case
5	5B	5b	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	3 girl	nmod
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 expelled	aux:pass
7	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 stealing	case
9	stealing	stealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expelled	obl
10	AND	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stealing	conj
13	's	's	PART	_	12 family	case
14	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 family	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Spain	case
16	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 moving	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 swear	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 swear	nsubj
19	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 expelled	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 swear	punct
21	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	22 bit	det
22	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 likely	obl:unmarked
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 likely	cop
24	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 rumour	amod
25	just	just	ADV	_	26 rumour	advmod
26	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 swear	conj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 expelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	expel	past · passive		that girl in 5B		for stealing and girl's family; apparently property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	move	gerund	girl's family not said here		Spain		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result
3	swear	present	I				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present				which bit obl:unmarked; likely property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only the stealing; families often move to Spain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 stealing	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stealing	det
3	stealing	stealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 move	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 stealing	punct
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	nsubj
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 move	advmod
7	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Spain	case
9	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	families	the stealing	Spain			often property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result

Option 2

Only the Spain part; expulsions are always real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 part	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 part	det
3	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 part	compound
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 part	punct
6	expulsions	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 real	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 real	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 real	advmod
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 part	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	expulsions					always, real property	tree rules

Option 3

None of it, since lots of people said it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 None	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
6	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lots	nmod
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 None	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	lots of people	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

All of it; second-hand stories get twisted each time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 get	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 All	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 hand	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 second	punct
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stories	compound
8	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	nsubj
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	All				time	twisted property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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