--- title: Kids whisper, "Josh's dad's in prison!" Josh comes into class. Who g… — How to handle gossip: is it true, is i… · tree and pragmatics description: Kids whisper, "Josh's dad's in prison!" Josh comes into class. Who gets hurt by the rumour? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 49 «How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say it to their face» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [How to handle gossip: is it true, is i…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say… Kids whisper, "Josh's dad's in prison!" Josh comes into class. Who gets hurt by the rumour? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kids, dad, Josh, rumour · **What happens:** whisper, be, come, hurt · **To what, where:** prison, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 49 «How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say it to their face» 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/49-how-to-handle-gossip/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kids whisper, "Josh's dad's in prison!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:1 # text = Kids whisper, "Josh's dad's in prison!" 1 Kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whisper whisper VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: express* | present | Kids | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Josh's dad | | | prison | | | tree rules | 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:* Josh comes into class. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:2 # text = Josh comes into class. 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Josh | | | class | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into class=Initial\_Location | *Sentence 3:* Who gets hurt by the rumour? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:3 # text = Who gets hurt by the rumour? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | the rumour | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Josh, who now has to explain his family ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:o1:1 # text = Josh, who now has to explain his family 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Josh | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Josh *not said here* | Josh's family | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The kids who started it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:o2:1 # text = The kids who started it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | the kids | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Josh's dad, who is on an oil rig and won't hear ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:o3:1 # text = Josh's dad, who is on an oil rig and won't hear 1 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 rig rig NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Josh's dad and a oil rig | | | a oil rig | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hear** | future | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody, because Josh wasn't there ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t10:o4:1 # text = Nobody, because Josh wasn't there 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 4 Josh Josh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Nobody | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | **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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