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title: Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the… — Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the whole internet's having a laugh." When does it stop being okay? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

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Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the whole internet's having a laugh." When does it stop being okay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, Newsreader, wrong word, laugh · **What happens:** giggle, say, have, stop, be · **To what, where:** wrong word, live telly, laugh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the whole internet's having a laugh."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:1
# text = Mum, giggling: "Newsreader said the wrong word on live telly and the whole internet's having a laugh."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Newsreader	Newsreader	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giggle** | gerund | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Newsreader | the wrong word and the whole internet |  | live telly |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the wrong word and the whole internet *not said here* | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |

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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:* When does it stop being okay?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:2
# text = When does it stop being okay?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · do-support | laugh |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | laugh *not said here* |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is always okay, she's on the telly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:o1:1
# text = It is always okay, she's on the telly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, okay *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  | the telly |  |  | tree rules |

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

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When one little slip is mocked for weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:o2:1
# text = When one little slip is mocked for weeks
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	mocked	mock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present · passive |  | one little slip |  |  | week |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if the newsreader was very famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:o3:1
# text = Only if the newsreader was very famous
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	newsreader	newsreader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the newsreader |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is never okay to smile at a slip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t2:o4:1
# text = It is never okay to smile at a slip
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a slip |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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