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title: Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, th… — Rumours about classmates and what to d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new." Why check dates? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 6 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

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Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new." Why check dates?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, date, story, you · **What happens:** scroll, look, share, be, check · **To what, where:** story, dates

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:1
# text = Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scrolls	scroll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
16	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scroll** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  | year | at the date and this story; ago *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at date=Theme |
| 3 | **share** *in a quote* | present · progressive | date | story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | story |  |  |  |  | new *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:* Why check dates?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:2
# text = Why check dates?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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New stories are always completely true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:o1:1
# text = New stories are always completely true
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	true	true	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 | New stories |  |  |  |  | always, completely, true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dates on stories are just there for decoration and mean nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:o2:1
# text = Dates on stories are just there for decoration and mean nothing
1	Dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dates on stories |  |  |  |  | for decoration; there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Dates on stories *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Old news shared as new can mislead and reopen wounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:o3:1
# text = Old news shared as new can mislead and reopen wounds
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	mislead	mislead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	reopen	reopen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  | Old news *not said here* |  |  |  | as new | tree rules |
| 2 | **mislead** | can | Old news |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reopen** | infinitive | Old news *not said here* | wounds |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Old stories are always completely false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:50-rumours-about-classmates-and-secrets:t6:o4:1
# text = Old stories are always completely false
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	false	false	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 | Old stories |  |  |  |  | always, completely, false *property* | tree rules |

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