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title: Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true." W… — Charts, number ones and famous musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true." What is the flaw? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true." What is the flaw?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Everyone, singer, band, flaw · **What happens:** jess, say, hate, be · **To what, where:** band · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts 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/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:1
# text = Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true."
1	Jess	jess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jess** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | the singer | singer's band |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | band |  |  |  |  | true *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 is the flaw?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:2
# text = What is the flaw?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flaw	flaw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the flaw |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rumours are only false on weekends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:o1:1
# text = Rumours are only false on weekends
1	Rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rumours |  |  |  | weekend | false *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many people repeating a rumour does not make it proof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:o2:1
# text = Many people repeating a rumour does not make it proof
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | gerund | Many people *not said here* | a rumour |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | Many people | rumour |  |  |  | proof *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rumours are always made up by the singer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:o3:1
# text = Rumours are always made up by the singer
1	Rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present · passive | the singer | Rumours |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, if everyone keeps saying it, then it has to be true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t10:o4:1
# text = Nothing, if everyone keeps saying it, then it has to be true
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | present | it |  |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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