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title: Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!» He… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!» He doesn't get picked. How might he feel? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!» He doesn't get picked. How might he feel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gonna, I, boy · **What happens:** be, tell, not pick, feel · **To what, where:** everyone, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:1
# text = Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!»
1	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Jen	Jen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Thompson	Thompson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Thompson boy's gonna |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect | I |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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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:* He doesn't get picked.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:2
# text = He doesn't get picked.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | present · passive · do-support |  | boy |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* How might he feel?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:3
# text = How might he feel?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | might | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Embarrassed, as everyone expected to see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:o1:1
# text = Embarrassed, as everyone expected to see him
1	Embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Happy that everyone knew about him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:o2:1
# text = Happy that everyone knew about him
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  | about him *= he* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about he=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Glad that Auntie Jen had told the whole street in advance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:o3:1
# text = Glad that Auntie Jen had told the whole street in advance
1	Glad	glad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Jen	Jen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	appos	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | that | the whole street in advance |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient street=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, he never wanted to be picked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t10:o4:1
# text = Nothing, he never wanted to be picked
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» |

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