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title: Group chat: "ben's baby pic lmaooo send it to the whole year 😂" Ben… — How to handle gossip: is it true, is i… · tree and pragmatics
description: Group chat: "ben's baby pic lmaooo send it to the whole year 😂" Ben didn't agree. What is fair? Test 2 · ★★ 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 ques
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# Test 2 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say…

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Group chat: "ben's baby pic lmaooo send it to the whole year 😂" Ben didn't agree. What is fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** baby pic, Ben · **What happens:** send, not agree, be · **To what, where:** pic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Group chat: "ben's baby pic lmaooo send it to the whole year 😂" Ben didn't agree.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:1
# text = Group chat: "ben's baby pic lmaooo send it to the whole year 😂" Ben didn't agree.
1	Group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ben	ben	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pic	pic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
9	lmaooo	lmaooo	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	😂	😂	SYM	SYM	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
18	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | ben's baby pic *not said here* | pic |  |  | year |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | past · do-support | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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:* What is fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:2
# text = What is fair?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Don't share it, it's his picture to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:o1:1
# text = Don't share it, it's his picture to share
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **share** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | his picture |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **share** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Share it, he was only a baby then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:o2:1
# text = Share it, he was only a baby then
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Share it only if it's really funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:o3:1
# text = Share it only if it's really funny
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Share it, but delete it again after a day or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t2:o4:1
# text = Share it, but delete it again after a day or two
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **delete** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  | again; day |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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