Test 1 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…
Big brother, eating crisps: "Pfft, news is all lies, all the time, mate." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big brother, news, you · What happens: eat, be, put · To what, where: crisps, lies, brother
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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, eating crisps: "Pfft, news is all lies, all the time, mate."
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 | 4 eating | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 eating | punct |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eating | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Pfft | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Pfft | punct |
| 8 | Pfft | Pfft | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 eating | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lies | punct |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lies | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lies | cop |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 lies | det |
| 13 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Pfft | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 time | punct |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 time | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 time | det |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Pfft | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mate | punct |
| 19 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Pfft | appos |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Pfft | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 eating | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | Big brother | crisps | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | news | all lies | 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: Put him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
News is true only if it's on a phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 phone | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 phone | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 phone | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 phone | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 phone | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 phone | det |
| 10 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | News | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | News | a phone | tree rules |
Option 2
He's right; every news report on every channel is made up by somebody
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 report | det |
| 6 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 report | compound |
| 7 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 channel | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 channel | det |
| 10 | channel | channel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 report | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | aux:pass |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 made | compound:prt |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 somebody | case |
| 15 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up | present · passive | somebody | every news report on every channel | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Good news services check facts carefully; learn which ones to trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 services | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 services | compound |
| 3 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 check | obj |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 4 check | advmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 learn | punct |
| 8 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 check | conj |
| 9 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 10 ones | det |
| 10 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 learn | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 trust | mark |
| 12 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 learn | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | Good news services | facts | carefully property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | |||
| 2 | learn | infinitive | Good news services not said here | which ones | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | trust | to-infinitive | Good news services not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only the weather is true; the rest is lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 true | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 weather | det |
| 3 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 true | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 lies | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rest | det |
| 8 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lies | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lies | cop |
| 10 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 true | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the weather | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the rest | lies | tree rules |
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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