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title: Was she an awful mum or is that just a rumour going around? — Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was she an awful mum or is that just a rumour going around? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

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Was she an awful mum or is that just a rumour going around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, rumour · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** awful mum

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» of the books 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/books/794-pg27200-part5/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t12:1
# text = Was she an awful mum or is that just a rumour going around?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	around	around	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a awful mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a rumour |  |  |  |  | around, go *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, a bad mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, a bad mum
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The text implies she was neglectful, so probably not a great mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t12:o2:1
# text = The text implies she was neglectful, so probably not a great mum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	implies	imply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	neglectful	neglectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imply** | present | the text |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | past | text |  |  |  |  | neglectful *property* | tree rules |

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

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The text says she never loved her child, so she was a cold mum

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t12:o3:1
# text = The text says she never loved her child, so she was a cold mum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the text |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **love** | past | text | text's child |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | past | text | a cold mum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It says she did love him, but she was afraid of the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t12:o4:1
# text = It says she did love him, but she was afraid of the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** | past · do-support | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | of the sea; afraid *property* | tree rules |

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