Test 7 · ★★ · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…
Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party." What should you do before sharing the clip?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, camera, you · What happens: catch, say, do, share · To what, where: camera, summat, clip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» 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: Dad: "Politician caught on camera saying summat stupid at a party."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 4 | Politician | Politician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 camera | case |
| 7 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 camera | acl |
| 9 | summat | summat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saying | obj |
| 10 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 summat | amod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 party | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 party | det |
| 13 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stupid | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch in a quote | past | Dad | camera | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | camera not said here | summat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent summat=Topic |
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: What should you do before sharing the clip?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 sharing | mark |
| 6 | sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 do | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clip | det |
| 8 | clip | clip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sharing | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | share | gerund | you not said here | the clip | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Believe the headline without watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 headline | det |
| 3 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Believe | obj |
| 4 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 5 watching | mark |
| 5 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Believe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | the headline | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headline=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Watch the whole clip, the headline may twist it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 clip | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clip | amod |
| 4 | clip | clip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watch | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 twist | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 headline | det |
| 7 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 twist | nsubj |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 twist | aux |
| 9 | twist | twist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Watch | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 twist | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | the whole clip | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clip=Theme | ||||
| 2 | twist | may | the headline | clip | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Share it straight away while it's still trending everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Share | advmod |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 trending | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 trending | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 trending | aux |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 trending | advmod |
| 9 | trending | trend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Share | advcl |
| 10 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 trending | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | away property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | trend | present · progressive | it | still | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 4
Add your own caption to make it funnier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 caption | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 caption | amod |
| 4 | caption | caption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Add | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | funnier | funny | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | your own caption | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caption=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | caption | funny property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | |||
| 3 | caption | your | nom caption «communication transitive»: poss=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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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