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title: apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family'… — Rumours and gossip · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family's moving to Spain, I swear. which bit is likely just rumour? Test 17 · ★ 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;
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# Test 17 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

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apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family's moving to Spain, I swear. which bit is likely just rumour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, I · **What happens:** expel, move, swear, be · **To what, where:** girl, Spain

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t17:1
# text = apparently that girl in 5B got expelled for stealing AND her family's moving to Spain, I swear. which bit is likely just rumour?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	5B	5b	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	3	nmod	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	expelled	expel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stealing	stealing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
21	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	22	det	_	_
22	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	just	just	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | past · passive |  | that girl in 5B |  |  |  | for stealing and girl's family; apparently *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | girl's family *not said here* |  | Spain |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result |
| 3 | **swear** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | which bit *obl:unmarked*; likely *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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Only the stealing; families often move to Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t17:o1:1
# text = Only the stealing; families often move to Spain
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stealing	stealing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | families | the stealing | Spain |  |  | often *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the Spain part; expulsions are always real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t17:o2:1
# text = Only the Spain part; expulsions are always real
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	expulsions	expulsion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | expulsions |  |  |  |  | always, real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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None of it, since lots of people said it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t17:o3:1
# text = None of it, since lots of people said it
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lots of people | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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All of it; second-hand stories get twisted each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:202-rumours-and-gossip:t17:o4:1
# text = All of it; second-hand stories get twisted each time
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | All |  |  |  | time | twisted *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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