--- title: Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev… — How to handle gossip: is it true, is i… · tree and pragmatics description: Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit." Put him right. Test 3 · ★★ 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 qu --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say… Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Big brother, It, I, Kev, you · **What happens:** grin, not be, repeat, say, innit, put · **To what, where:** gossip, Kev · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:1 # text = Big brother, grinning: "It's not gossip, I'm just repeating what Kev said, innit." 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 grinning grin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 17 Kev Kev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | gerund | Big brother | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | gossip | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **repeat** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Kev | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | Kev | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Repeating a rumour is spreading it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:o1:1 # text = Repeating a rumour is spreading it 1 Repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | gerund | | a rumour | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality | | 2 | **spread** | present · progressive | Repeating | rumour | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine if Kev is his mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:o2:1 # text = It's fine if Kev is his mate 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 Kev Kev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Kev | Kev's mate | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine if he says it quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:o3:1 # text = It's fine if he says it quietly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | it | | | | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's right, only Kev is gossiping ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t3:o4:1 # text = He's right, only Kev is gossiping 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 Kev Kev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gossiping gossip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **gossip** *speech: other* | present · progressive | Kev | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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