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# Test 4 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…

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Mum: «Andrew's in the paper again, all sorts of claims.» What is the right way to talk about it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Andrew, right way · **What happens:** be, sort, talk · **To what, where:** paper, claims

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: «Andrew's in the paper again, all sorts of claims.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:1
# text = Mum: «Andrew's in the paper again, all sorts of claims.»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Andrew	Andrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Andrew |  |  | the paper and all sorts of claims | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sort** *in a quote* |  |  | claims |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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:* What is the right way to talk about it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:2
# text = What is the right way to talk about it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the right way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | the right way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about way | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Guess what really happened and share it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:o1:1
# text = Guess what really happened and share it
1	Guess	guess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **share** | present | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Repeat every claim from the paper as true, word for word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:o2:1
# text = Repeat every claim from the paper as true, word for word
1	Repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | imperative | you *not said here* | every claim |  | the paper |  | as true; word for word *obl* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Make jokes about it, he's a prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:o3:1
# text = Make jokes about it, he's a prince
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | jokes |  |  |  | about it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Say what was announced and leave the rest to courts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book:t4:o4:1
# text = Say what was announced and leave the rest to courts
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	announced	announce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the rest | courts |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to court=Recipient |

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