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title: there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i… — Rumours and gossip · tree and pragmatics
description: there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i do Test 15 · ★ 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.
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# Test 15 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

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there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i do

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nasty story, i · **What happens:** be, go, do · **To what, where:** group chat, nasty story

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This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t15:1
# text = there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i do
1	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	round	round	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a nasty story about me |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | a nasty story about me *not said here* |  |  | the group chat |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round chat=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **do** | present · do-support | i | a nasty story about me |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Post a nastier one about them so they know how it feels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t15:o1:1
# text = Post a nastier one about them so they know how it feels
1	Post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	nastier	nasty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | a nastier one |  |  |  | about them *= they* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **feel** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave school for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t15:o2:1
# text = Leave school for a week
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | school |  |  | week |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme |

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

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Screenshot it and tell a parent or teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t15:o3:1
# text = Screenshot it and tell a parent or teacher
1	Screenshot	screenshot	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	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **screenshot** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a parent or teacher |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Keep it secret so it dies out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t15:o4:1
# text = Keep it secret so it dies out
1	Keep	keep	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	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **die out** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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