--- title: Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hid… — The royal family in the news: a queen'… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.» What's the right reply? Test 7 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [The royal family in the news: a queen'…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio… Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.» What's the right reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, cancer, Grandad, right reply · **What happens:** have, reckon, be, hide · **To what, where:** cancer · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:1 # text = Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.» 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 cancer cancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 really really ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cancer | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Grandad | cancer | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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:* What's the right reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:2 # text = What's the right reply? 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} We know what was announced; guessing more isn't okay ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:o1:1 # text = We know what was announced; guessing more isn't okay 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 guessing guess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | We | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **guess** | gerund | We *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | okay *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's right, they always hide the bad news from the public ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:o2:1 # text = He's right, they always hide the bad news from the public 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 public public NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | present | they | the bad news | | the public | | always *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent news=Patient from public=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} We should ask the hospital to tell us ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:o3:1 # text = We should ask the hospital to tell us 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | We | the hospital | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent hospital=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the hospital *not said here* | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The King must be dying, they said so ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t7:o4:1 # text = The King must be dying, they said so 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | must · progressive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | 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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