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title: Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party."… — Tabloids, «sources close to» and the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party." What should you do before sharing the clip? Test 7 · ★★ 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 q
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

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Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party." What should you do before sharing the clip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, camera, you · **What happens:** catch, say, do, share · **To what, where:** camera, summat, clip · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:1
# text = Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Politician	Politician	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	camera	camera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	summat	summat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 | **catch** *in a quote* | past | Dad |  |  | camera |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | camera *not said here* | summat |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent summat=Topic |

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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 should you do before sharing the clip?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:2
# text = What should you do before sharing the clip?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **share** | gerund | you *not said here* | the clip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Believe the headline without watching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:o1:1
# text = Believe the headline without watching
1	Believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the headline |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headline=Stimulus |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

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Watch the whole clip, the headline may twist it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:o2:1
# text = Watch the whole clip, the headline may twist it
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	twist	twist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole clip |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clip=Theme |
| 2 | **twist** | may | the headline | clip |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Share it straight away while it's still trending everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:o3:1
# text = Share it straight away while it's still trending everywhere
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	trending	trend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trend** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  | still | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Add your own caption to make it funnier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:t7:o4:1
# text = Add your own caption to make it funnier
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	caption	caption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	funnier	funny	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | your own caption |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caption=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | caption |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 3 | **caption** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom caption «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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