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title: heard something juicy about Sienna, it's true tho so it's fine to te… — Thinking cleverly about people · tree and pragmatics
description: heard something juicy about Sienna, it's true tho so it's fine to tell everyone right Test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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 right.
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# Test 18 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

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heard something juicy about Sienna, it's true tho so it's fine to tell everyone right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** hear, be, tell · **To what, where:** something, true tho, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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/60-reasoning-about-people/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t18:1
# text = heard something juicy about Sienna, it's true tho so it's fine to tell everyone right
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sienna	Sienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tho	tho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	csubj	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	iobj	_	_
18	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | true tho |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | everyone |  |  | right *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Not fine; even a true rumour can hurt, so keep it to yourself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t18:o1:1
# text = Not fine; even a true rumour can hurt, so keep it to yourself
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | a true rumour |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | a true rumour *not said here* | rumour | yourself |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you say you heard it from others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t18:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you say you heard it from 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	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | past | you | it |  | others |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from other=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, as long as she does not find out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, as long as she does not find out
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **find out** | present · do-support | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, true things can always be shared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:60-reasoning-about-people:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, true things can always be shared
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | can · passive |  | true things |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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