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title: Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes. Old building.… — The rumour that grows · tree and pragmatics
description: Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes. Old building." What is true? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · The rumour that grows

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Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes. Old building." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** That · **What happens:** not be, be · **To what, where:** ghost, pipes

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:1
# text = Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes.
1	Caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a ghost and kid and the pipes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the pipes |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Old building."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:2
# text = Old building."
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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New buildings are much more haunted than old ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:o1:1
# text = New buildings are much more haunted than old ones
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haunt** | present · passive |  | New buildings |  |  |  | than old ones | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The caretaker is secretly hiding the ghost from them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:o2:1
# text = The caretaker is secretly hiding the ghost from them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · progressive | the caretaker | the ghost |  |  |  | from them *= they*; secretly *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ghost=Patient from they=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pipes knock and doors creak in old buildings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:o3:1
# text = Pipes knock and doors creak in old buildings
1	Pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knock	knock	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	creak	creak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | present | Pipes |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **creak** | present | doors |  |  | old buildings |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in building=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ghost really lives somewhere inside the old pipes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:167-the-rumour-that-grows:t9:o4:1
# text = The ghost really lives somewhere inside the old pipes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the ghost |  |  | the old pipes |  | somewhere *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside pipe=Location |

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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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