--- title: Mum: «Spare's sold millions, the fastest non-fiction ever in the UK,… — The royal family in the news: a weddin… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: «Spare's sold millions, the fastest non-fiction ever in the UK, they said.» Which word shows she's reporting? 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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/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: «Spare's sold millions, the fastest non-fiction ever in the UK, they said.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:1 # text = Mum: «Spare's sold millions, the fastest non-fiction ever in the UK, they said.» 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Spare Spare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 non-fiction non-fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Mum and Spare's sold millions and the fastest non-fiction in the UK | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which word shows she's reporting? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:2 # text = Which word shows she's reporting? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 reporting report VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | which word | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **report** | present · progressive | word | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} «Spare» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:o1:1 # text = «Spare» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Spare Spare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «millions» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:o2:1 # text = «millions» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «fastest» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:o3:1 # text = «fastest» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} «they said» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t10:o4:1 # text = «they said» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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