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title: did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or som… — Family changes and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or something. should u spread it? Test 20 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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 20 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

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did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or something. should u spread it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, real mum · **What happens:** hear, adopt, be, spread · **To what, where:** new girl, prison

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This is test 20 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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/214-family-changes-and-grief/#t20).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t20:1
# text = did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or something. should u spread it?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | the new girl |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle |  | the new girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | girl's real mum |  |  | prison |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **spread** | should | u | prison |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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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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Yes, adoption is nothing to hide anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t20:o1:1
# text = Yes, adoption is nothing to hide anyway
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | adoption | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, her story is hers to tell or keep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t20:o2:1
# text = No, her story is hers to tell or keep
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | her story | hers *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you ask her first in front of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t20:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you ask her first in front of others
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | you |  | her *= she* | front of others |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the whole class has a right to know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t20:o4:1
# text = Yes, the whole class has a right to know
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the whole class | a right |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | the whole class *not said here* | a right *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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