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# Test 4 · ★★ · Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories

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Mum, sighing: "That actress quit social media cos of the hate, and some say she's too sensitive." What is the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, actress, some, lesson · **What happens:** sigh, quit, say, be · **To what, where:** social media cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» 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/48-famous-people-are-people/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, sighing: "That actress quit social media cos of the hate, and some say she's too sensitive."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:1
# text = Mum, sighing: "That actress quit social media cos of the hate, and some say she's too sensitive."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sighing	sigh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	quit	quit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	nsubj	_	_
18	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | gerund | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **quit** *in a quote* | past | that actress | social media cos of the hate |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Source |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | actress |  |  |  |  | sensitive *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:* What is the lesson?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:2
# text = What is the lesson?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Online cruelty drives real people away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:o1:1
# text = Online cruelty drives real people away
1	Online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive away** | present | Online cruelty | real people |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Famous people are not allowed to feel hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:o2:1
# text = Famous people are not allowed to feel hurt
1	Famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Famous people |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **feel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Famous people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | participle | Famous people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Being sensitive is the real problem here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:o3:1
# text = Being sensitive is the real problem here
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sensitive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the real problem |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She should have just ignored it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:t4:o4:1
# text = She should have just ignored it all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | should · perfect | She | it |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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