Test 10 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

Big brother: «The edited photo PROVES Kate was hiding something!» Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: edited photo, Big brother, that · What happens: edit, prove, hide, be · To what, where: something

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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: Big brother: «The edited photo PROVES Kate was hiding something!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 brother	amod
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hiding	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 PROVES	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 PROVES	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 photo	det
6	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 photo	amod
7	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 PROVES	nsubj
8	PROVES	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hiding	advcl
9	Kate	Kate	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hiding	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hiding	aux
11	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 hiding	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 hiding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	edit in a quote	participle			tree rules
2	prove in a quote	present	the edited photo		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	hide in a quote	past · progressive	Big brother	something	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

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: Is that right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the agencies said she was hiding something serious about her health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 agencies	det
4	agencies	agency	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hiding	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hiding	aux
8	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 hiding	obj
10	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 health	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 health	nmod:poss
13	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the agencies						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide	past · progressive	she	something					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

Option 2

Yes, editing a photo always hides a secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 editing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	editing	edit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 hides	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 photo	det
5	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 editing	obj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 hides	advmod
7	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	edit	gerund		a photo					tree rules
2	hide	present	editing	a secret				always property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, lots of photos are edited; that doesn't make rumours true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 edited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 edited	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 photos	case
5	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 edited	aux:pass
7	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 make	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 make	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 make	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 make	advmod
12	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 edited	conj
13	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 make	obj
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	edit	present · passive		lots of photos					tree rules
2	not make	present · do-support	that	rumours				true property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rumour=Product

Option 4

No, the photo wasn't edited at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 edited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 photo	det
4	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edited	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 edited	aux:pass
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 edited	advmod
7	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 edited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not edit	past · passive		the photo		all			tree rules

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