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title: Identify the circumstance in which the communication of information… — Rumours about classmates and what to d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the circumstance in which the communication of information concerning another person to a trusted adult does not constitute gossip. Exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Identify the circumstance in which the communication of information concerning another person to a trusted adult does not constitute gossip.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, information, communication · **What happens:** identify, concern, trust, not constitute, communicate · **To what, where:** circumstance, person, gossip

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e1:1
# text = Identify the circumstance in which the communication of information concerning another person to a trusted adult does not constitute gossip.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	constitute	constitute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	appos	_	_
20	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | information *not said here* | another person |  |  |  | to a trusted adult | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer |
| 3 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **constitute** | present · do-support | the communication of information | gossip |  | the circumstance |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gossip=Pivot |
| 5 | **communicate** |  | information |  |  |  |  |  | nom communication «communication intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Where the information concerns possessions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e1:o1:1
# text = Where the information concerns possessions
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where the adult has requested entertainment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e1:o2:1
# text = Where the adult has requested entertainment
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present · perfect | the adult | entertainment |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent entertainment=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Where the information is especially amusing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e1:o3:1
# text = Where the information is especially amusing
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	amusing	amusing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Where that person may be in danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:e1:o4:1
# text = Where that person may be in danger
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | that person |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |

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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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