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title: Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled… — Rumours about classmates and what to d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled forever!!" What gives it away? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 question and of eac
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled forever!!" What gives it away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, PM · **What happens:** read, say, cancel, give away · **To what, where:** parody account, school, account · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled forever!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:1
# text = Your friend reads a parody account: "the PM says school is cancelled forever!!"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	parody	parody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	PM	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	ccomp	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Your friend | a parody account |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the PM |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cancel** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | school |  |  |  | forever *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:* What gives it away?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:2
# text = What gives it away?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | present |  | account |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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School can only be cancelled in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:o1:1
# text = School can only be cancelled in summer
1	School	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | can · passive |  | School |  |  | summer |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Prime Minister always posts at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:o2:1
# text = The Prime Minister always posts at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	posts	post	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | present | the Prime Minister |  |  |  | night | always *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The account's name shows it's a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:o3:1
# text = The account's name shows it's a joke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the account's name |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | name | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | the account |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The post has lots of exclamation marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t11:o4:1
# text = The post has lots of exclamation marks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the post | lots of exclamation marks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

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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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