--- title: Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought ticket… — Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes an… · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." What's the kind and fair reply? 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What's the kind and fair reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, she, kind reply · **What happens:** not be, lie, buy, be This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:1 # text = Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 14 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 tickets ticket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 lol lol INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Your mate | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** *in a quote* | present · progressive | she | | | | | cos no one bought tickets | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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 kind and fair reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:2 # text = What's the kind and fair 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 7 det _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the kind reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She deserves it for cancelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:o1:1 # text = She deserves it for cancelling 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cancelling cancelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** | present | She | it | | | | for cancelling | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} You're right, singers always lie about that ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:o2:1 # text = You're right, singers always lie about that 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | present | singers | | | | | about that; always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about that=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let's post that on her page ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:o3:1 # text = Let's post that on her page 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 post post VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **post** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | that | | her page | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **page** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She said she's ill; don't swap it for a meaner guess ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t11:o4:1 # text = She said she's ill; don't swap it for a meaner guess 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 swap swap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 meaner mean ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 guess guess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **swap** | infinitive · do-support | | it | | | | for a meaner guess | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for guess=Co-Theme | **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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