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title: Bus driver: "We're not bust, we're stuck behind a tractor, my lovers… — The rumour that grows · tree and pragmatics
description: Bus driver: "We're not bust, we're stuck behind a tractor, my lovers." What does "my lovers" mean here? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» of the world 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 6 · ★ · The rumour that grows

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Bus driver: "We're not bust, we're stuck behind a tractor, my lovers." What does "my lovers" mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** We, lovers · **What happens:** not be, stick, mean · **To what, where:** we, tractor

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bus driver: "We're not bust, we're stuck behind a tractor, my lovers."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:1
# text = Bus driver: "We're not bust, we're stuck behind a tractor, my lovers."
1	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	bust	bust	ADJ	JJ	_	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tractor	tractor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | bust *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  | a tractor and my lovers |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind tractor=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does "my lovers" mean here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:2
# text = What does "my lovers" mean here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | my lovers |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A friendly West Country greeting, like "friends"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:o1:1
# text = A friendly West Country greeting, like "friends"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the tractor is his

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:o2:1
# text = That the tractor is his
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tractor	tractor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that tractor *not said here* | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he loves the children personally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:o3:1
# text = That he loves the children personally
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | That | the children |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the trip is cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t6:o4:1
# text = That the trip is cancelled
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cancelled	cancel	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 | **cancel** | present · passive |  | that trip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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