--- title: Leo: "I practised every night, my mum's got the flashcards to prove… — The rumour that grows · tree and pragmatics description: Leo: "I practised every night, my mum's got the flashcards to prove it. You lot are so delulu." What does "delulu" mean? 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What does "delulu" mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, mum, delulu · **What happens:** practise, get, prove, mean · **To what, where:** flashcards, it This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» of the world 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/world/167-the-rumour-that-grows/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo: "I practised every night, my mum's got the flashcards to prove it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:1 # text = Leo: "I practised every night, my mum's got the flashcards to prove it. 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flashcards flashcard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** *in a quote* | past | Leo | | | | night | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | my mum | the flashcards | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flashcard=Stimulus | | 3 | **prove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my mum *not said here* | it | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* You lot are so delulu." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:2 # text = You lot are so delulu." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 delulu delulu X FW Foreign=Yes 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What does "delulu" mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:3 # text = What does "delulu" mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 delulu delulu X FW Foreign=Yes 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | delulu | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Very clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:o1:1 # text = Very clever 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Believing something silly that isn't true ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:o2:1 # text = Believing something silly that isn't true 1 Believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | gerund | | something | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Being kind to others ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:o3:1 # text = Being kind to others 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | to others; kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cheating at tests ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t10:o4:1 # text = Cheating at tests 1 Cheating cheat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 tests test NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheat** | gerund | | | | tests | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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