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title: Dad, fuming: "Manager said the ref was blind! He'll get fined, right… — Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes an… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

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Dad, fuming: "Manager said the ref was blind! He'll get fined, rightly so." Who often gets hurt after such words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Manager, ref · **What happens:** fume, say, be, fine, hurt · **To what, where:** Manager · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» 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/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, fuming: "Manager said the ref was blind!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:1
# text = Dad, fuming: "Manager said the ref was blind!
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fuming	fume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ref	ref	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fume** | gerund | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Manager |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the ref |  |  |  |  | blind *property* | 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:* He'll get fined, rightly so."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:2
# text = He'll get fined, rightly so."
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	fined	fine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** | future · passive |  | Manager |  |  |  | rightly *property* | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* Who often gets hurt after such words?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:3
# text = Who often gets hurt after such words?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | after such words | often *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody, it is just a football chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:o1:1
# text = Nobody, it is just a football chat
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nobody | a football chat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ball boys, who lose their jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:o2:1
# text = The ball boys, who lose their jobs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | the ball boys | boys's jobs |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **job** |  | boys *= boy* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The manager, who is sent to prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:o3:1
# text = The manager, who is sent to prison
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive |  | the manager |  | prison |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination |

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

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The referee, who gets abuse from fans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t1:o4:1
# text = The referee, who gets abuse from fans
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	referee	referee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	abuse	abuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the referee | abuse |  | fans |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent abuse=Theme from fan=Source |

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