--- title: Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started… — How to handle gossip: is it true, is i… · tree and pragmatics description: Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour. Nobody trusted her in the end." What happened to her? Test 7 · ★★ 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 de --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say… Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour. Nobody trusted her in the end." What happened to her? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan, stirring, street, Nobody · **What happens:** stir, be, start, trust, happen · **To what, where:** tea, street, rumour, Nan, end This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:1 # text = Nan, stirring her tea: "There was a woman on our street who started every rumour. 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stirring stir VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir** | gerund | Nan | Nan's tea | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tea=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | stirring | | | our street | | | tree rules | | 3 | **start** *in a quote* | past | our street | every rumour | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality | 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:* Nobody trusted her in the end." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:2 # text = Nobody trusted her in the end." 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past | Nobody | Nan | | | in the end | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What happened to her? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:3 # text = What happened to her? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | Nan | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} She became the most popular woman there ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:o1:1 # text = She became the most popular woman there 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | She | the popular woman | | there | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Everybody thanked her for the news ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:o2:1 # text = Everybody thanked her for the news 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Everybody | | her *= she* | | | for the news | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for news=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She lost people's trust and friendship ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:o3:1 # text = She lost people's trust and friendship 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | She | people's trust and friendship | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Eventuality | | 2 | **trust** | | people | | | | | | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She got a job at the newspaper ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:49-how-to-handle-gossip:t7:o4:1 # text = She got a job at the newspaper 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | She | a job | | the newspaper | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent job=Theme at newspaper=Asset | **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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