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title: Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will… — Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will, I read." Why should we be careful? Test 3 · ★★ 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 of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

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Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will, I read." Why should we be careful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** famous family, I, we · **What happens:** be, read · **To what, where:** war

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will, I read."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:1
# text = Auntie Bev: "That famous family are all at war over their dad's will, I read."
1	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Bev	Bev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that famous family |  |  | war |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 should we be careful?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:2
# text = Why should we be careful?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | we |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They are grieving, and money in families is private

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:o1:1
# text = They are grieving, and money in families is private
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grieve** | present · progressive | They | money in families |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | grieving |  |  |  |  | private *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wills are always printed in the newspapers for anyone to read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:o2:1
# text = Wills are always printed in the newspapers for anyone to read
1	Wills	will	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present · passive |  | Wills |  | the newspapers |  | for anyone; always *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in newspaper=Destination |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All rich families fight over wills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:o3:1
# text = All rich families fight over wills
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wills	will	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | all rich families |  |  |  |  | over wills | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over will=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dad is still alive and fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies:t3:o4:1
# text = The dad is still alive and fine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dad |  |  |  | still | alive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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