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title: Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving! Something must've happened, they don't… — Our street: feuds, newcomers and stori… · tree and pragmatics
description: Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving! Something must've happened, they don't just leave.» What did the vicar actually do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 4 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

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Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving! Something must've happened, they don't just leave.» What did the vicar actually do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Something, they, vicar · **What happens:** leave, happen, not leave, do · **To what, where:** vicar

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:1
# text = Auntie Jen: «Vicar's leaving!
1	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Jen	Jen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Vicar	Vicar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Something must've happened, they don't just leave.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:2
# text = Something must've happened, they don't just leave.»
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | must · perfect | Something |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **leave** | present · do-support | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What did the vicar actually do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:3
# text = What did the vicar actually do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the vicar |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vicar=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | the vicar *not said here* |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Leave in the night with no goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:o1:1
# text = Leave in the night with no goodbye
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night | with no goodbye | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with goodbye=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Get sent away by the bishop for something

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:o2:1
# text = Get sent away by the bishop for something
1	Get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | infinitive · passive | the bishop for something |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Announce in church she's moving parish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:o3:1
# text = Announce in church she's moving parish
1	Announce	announce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	parish	parish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | church |  |  | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | present · progressive | she | parish |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent parish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Refuse to say where she's going

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow:t4:o4:1
# text = Refuse to say where she's going
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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