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title: Kids: «Mrs Lee won a hundred quid on the bingo and bought everyone i… — Our street: when a guess becomes a rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kids: «Mrs Lee won a hundred quid on the bingo and bought everyone ice cream!» It was twenty pounds and ice lollies. What kind of gossip is it? Test 5 · ★★ 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 pra
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation

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Kids: «Mrs Lee won a hundred quid on the bingo and bought everyone ice cream!» It was twenty pounds and ice lollies. What kind of gossip is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kids, cream · **What happens:** win, buy, be · **To what, where:** hundred quid, bingo, ice cream, twenty pounds, kind

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kids: «Mrs Lee won a hundred quid on the bingo and bought everyone ice cream!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:1
# text = Kids: «Mrs Lee won a hundred quid on the bingo and bought everyone ice cream!»
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bingo	bingo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	compound	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** *in a quote* | past | Kids | a hundred quid |  | the bingo |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quid=Eventuality |
| 2 | **buy** *in a quote* | past | Kids *not said here* | ice cream |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=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:* It was twenty pounds and ice lollies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:2
# text = It was twenty pounds and ice lollies.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lollies	lolly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | cream | twenty pounds and ice lollies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What kind of gossip is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:3
# text = What kind of gossip is it?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | cream | what kind |  |  |  | of gossip | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Gossip that should be reported

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:o1:1
# text = Gossip that should be reported
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | should · passive |  | Gossip |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dangerous gossip about her money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:o2:1
# text = Dangerous gossip about her money
1	Dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nasty gossip that hurts Mrs Lee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:o3:1
# text = Nasty gossip that hurts Mrs Lee
1	Nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | Nasty gossip | Mrs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mrs=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Lovely gossip that thanks someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation:t5:o4:1
# text = Lovely gossip that thanks someone
1	Lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | Lovely gossip | someone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=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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