--- title: theres a scary character challenge goin round, kids r freaked — Rumours and gossip · tree and pragmatics description: theres a scary character challenge goin round, kids r freaked Test 12 · ★ 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Rumours and gossip theres a scary character challenge goin round, kids r freaked **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** freak · **To what, where:** theres This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t12:1 # text = theres a scary character challenge goin round, kids r freaked 1 theres there NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 challenge challenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 goin goin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 round round ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 10 r be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 freaked freak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freak** | present · passive | | theres a scary challenge goin and kids | | | | | tree rules | 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} It's real, hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t12:o1:1 # text = It's real, hide 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's usually a hoax; an adult can check if there's real danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t12:o2:1 # text = It's usually a hoax; an adult can check if there's real danger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 usually usually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hoax hoax NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a hoax | | | | usually *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **check** | can | a adult | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | real danger | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Do the challenge to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t12:o3:1 # text = Do the challenge to see 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 challenge challenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the challenge | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent challenge=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the challenge *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Share it so others know ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t12:o4:1 # text = Share it so others know 1 Share share 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 so so SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | others | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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