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# Test 3 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

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Mum: «The royals were all rushing up to Balmoral the day she died. Who was late, eh?» What's the decent thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** royals, Balmoral, decent thing · **What happens:** rush up, die, be · **To what, where:** Balmoral, day

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: «The royals were all rushing up to Balmoral the day she died.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:1
# text = Mum: «The royals were all rushing up to Balmoral the day she died.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	royals	royal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Balmoral	Balmoral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush up** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the royals |  | Balmoral |  | day | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to balmoral=Result |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past | Balmoral | the day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Who was late, eh?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:2
# text = Who was late, eh?»
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the decent thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:3
# text = What's the decent thing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	decent	decent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 decent thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Blame whoever arrived after she died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:o1:1
# text = Blame whoever arrived after she died
1	Blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

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Leave a grieving family alone, flight times aren't character

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:o2:1
# text = Leave a grieving family alone, flight times aren't character
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:unmarked	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | a grieving family |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |
| 2 | **grieve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | present |  | character |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Check all the flight times on the internet and post them online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:o3:1
# text = Check all the flight times on the internet and post them online
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	online	online	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the internet | time |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on internet=Location |
| 2 | **post** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | online *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Work out who was late and tell everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t3:o4:1
# text = Work out who was late and tell everyone
1	Work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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