Test 1 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Your sister says «Fake news means any news Dad doesn't like.» Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Fake news, news Dad, you · What happens: say, mean, not like, put · To what, where: news · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your sister says «Fake news means any news Dad doesn't like.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 5 | Fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 news | amod |
| 6 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 Dad | det |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Dad | compound |
| 10 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 like | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 like | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 like | advmod |
| 13 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 means | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Fake news | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not like in a quote | present · do-support | any news Dad | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | news | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1
It means news read out by a robot voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 news | acl |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 read | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 voice | compound |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | news | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic | ||||
| 2 | read out | participle | news not said here | by a robot voice | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It means news that is more than a week old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 more | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 more | cop |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 news | nmod |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 week | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 week | det |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 old | obl |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 more | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | news | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | more property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It means made-up stories spread on purpose, though some use it that way
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 stories | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 spread | nsubj |
| 7 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spread | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 use | punct |
| 11 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 13 use | mark |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 use | nsubj |
| 13 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 use | obj |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 way | det |
| 16 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 use | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | spread | present | made stories | purpose | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | ||||
| 4 | use | present | some | purpose | that way obl:unmarked | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, that is exactly and only what it means, so you can ignore it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 what | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 what | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 what | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 what | cc |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 what | advmod |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 means | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 means | nsubj |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ignore | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 ignore | advmod |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 ignore | nsubj |
| 14 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 ignore | aux |
| 15 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 means | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ignore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ignore | can | you | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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