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Test 6 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret

Dad scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new." Why check dates?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, date, story, you · What happens: scroll, look, share, be, check · To what, where: story, dates

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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 scrolls: "Look at the date — this story's from six years ago, they're sharing it like it's new."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scrolls	nsubj
2	scrolls	scroll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Look	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Look	punct
5	Look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 scrolls	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 date	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 date	det
8	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Look	obl
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 story	punct
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 date	conj
12	's	's	PART	_	11 story	case
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 years	case
14	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Look	obl
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 Look	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sharing	punct
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sharing	nsubj
19	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 sharing	aux
20	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 Look	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sharing	obj
22	like	like	ADP	_	25 new	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 new	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 new	cop
25	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sharing	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scrolls	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 scrolls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scroll	present	Dad						tree rules
2	look in a quote	infinitive	Dad not said here				year	at the date and this story; ago property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at date=Theme
3	share in a quote	present · progressive	date	story					tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	story					new property	tree rules

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: Why check dates?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 check	advmod
2	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 check	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	dates					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme

The options

Option 1

New stories are always completely true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 true	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 true	advmod
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	6 true	advmod
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	New stories					always, completely, true property	tree rules

Option 2

Dates on stories are just there for decoration and mean nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 there	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 stories	case
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Dates	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 there	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 there	advmod
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 decoration	case
8	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 there	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mean	cc
10	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 there	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dates on stories					for decoration; there property	tree rules
2	mean	present	Dates on stories not said here	nothing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Old news shared as new can mislead and reopen wounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 news	amod
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mislead	nsubj
3	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 news	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 new	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shared	obl
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 mislead	aux
7	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reopen	cc
9	reopen	reopen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 mislead	conj
10	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reopen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle		Old news not said here				as new	tree rules
2	mislead	can	Old news						vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	reopen	infinitive	Old news not said here	wounds					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Old stories are always completely false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 false	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 false	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 false	advmod
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	6 false	advmod
6	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Old stories					always, completely, false property	tree rules

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