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title: Mum: «Evans' fortieth anniversary party, the whole street's invited!… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: «Evans' fortieth anniversary party, the whole street's invited!» Is this gossip true? Test 3 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's ch
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Mum: «Evans' fortieth anniversary party, the whole street's invited!» Is this gossip true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gossip · **What happens:** invite, be · **To what, where:** whole street

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: «Evans' fortieth anniversary party, the whole street's invited!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:1
# text = Mum: «Evans' fortieth anniversary party, the whole street's invited!»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Evans	evan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fortieth	fortieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | the whole street |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:* Is this gossip true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:2
# text = Is this gossip true?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | this gossip |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, they've been married for twenty years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:o1:1
# text = No, they've been married for twenty years
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | present · perfect · passive |  | they |  |  | year |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they sent invitations in writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, they sent invitations in writing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | they | invitations |  | writing |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme in writing=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's just a rumour going round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:o3:1
# text = No, it's just a rumour going round
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rumour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go round** | gerund | a rumour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maybe, nobody has asked the Evanses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t3:o4:1
# text = Maybe, nobody has asked the Evanses
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Evanses	Evans	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	iobj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | nobody |  | the Evanses |  |  | maybe *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent evans=Recipient |

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