--- title: told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true — Rumours and gossip · tree and pragmatics description: told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true Test 11 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Rumours and gossip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Rumours and gossip told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** told ppl · **What happens:** tell, know · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday 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/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t11:1 # text = told ppl a rumour, now i know its not true 1 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 ppl people NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | told ppl a rumour | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Say nothing and hope it's forgotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t11:o1:1 # text = Say nothing and hope it's forgotten 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **hope** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **forget** | present · passive | | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blame the person who told you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t11:o2:1 # text = Blame the person who told you 1 Blame blame VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the person | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Correct it with the people you told ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t11:o3:1 # text = Correct it with the people you told 1 Correct correct VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with the people | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with people=Instrument | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | you | the people *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Make up a new rumour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t11:o4:1 # text = Make up a new rumour 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new rumour | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rumour=Pivot | **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. 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