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title: Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car." Why is th… — Tabloids, «sources close to» and the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car." Why is this not just "part of being famous"? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

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Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car." Why is this not just "part of being famous"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, this · **What happens:** chase, not be, be · **To what, where:** home, car, part

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» 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/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:1
# text = Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Paparazzi	Paparazzi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** *in a quote* | past | Mum and Paparazzi | Paparazzi's home |  | the car |  | with Paparazzi's kids | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme in car=Trajectory |

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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:* Why is this not just "part of being famous"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:2
# text = Why is this not just "part of being famous"?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It only ever happens in films, never in real life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:o1:1
# text = It only ever happens in films, never in real life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | It |  |  | films | ever | in real life | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in film=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is frightening and puts people in danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:o2:1
# text = It is frightening and puts people in danger
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | frightening *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | present |  | people |  | danger |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme in danger=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her kids secretly wanted to be in all the papers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:o3:1
# text = Her kids secretly wanted to be in all the papers
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Her kids |  |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Her kids *not said here* |  |  | all papers |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Famous people enjoy being chased home by cameras

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t11:o4:1
# text = Famous people enjoy being chased home by cameras
1	Famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cameras	camera	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | present | Famous people |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund · passive | cameras |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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