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description: Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody." Which matches her rule? Test 10 · ★★★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody." Which matches her rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, Nan · **What happens:** enjoy, be, match, rule · **To what, where:** Nan, rule

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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/50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:1
# text = Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody."
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
17	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	anybody	anybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | can | You | Nan |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wedding=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about anybody; cruel *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Which matches her rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:2
# text = Which matches her rule?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matches	match	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | present |  | Nan's rule |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 2 | **rule** |  | Nan |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Be as cruel as you like, because they can never hear you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:o1:1
# text = Be as cruel as you like, because they can never hear you
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **not** **hear** | can | they | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Enjoy the story, remember there's a person in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:o2:1
# text = Enjoy the story, remember there's a person in it
1	Enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the story |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
| 2 | **remember** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | present | a person |  |  | story; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never watch anything about famous people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:o3:1
# text = Never watch anything about famous people
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  | about famous people | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only watch if you agree with everybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t10:o4:1
# text = Only watch if you agree with everybody
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | with everybody | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everybody=Co-Agent |

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