Test 8 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see
A friend says «It's on the internet so it's true». Which answer is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: internet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» of the everyday 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: A friend says «It's on the internet so it's true».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 true | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 internet | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 internet | cop |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 internet | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 internet | det |
| 9 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 « | flat |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 true | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 true | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 true | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | friend | the internet | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | friend | true 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: Which answer is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, nothing at all that's on the internet is ever true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 nothing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 nothing | punct |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 nothing | nmod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 true | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 internet | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 internet | det |
| 10 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 true | obl |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 13 true | advmod |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the internet | ever | true property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Anyone can write anything online, so check sources
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 write | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 write | aux |
| 3 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 write | obj |
| 5 | online | online | ADV | _ | 3 write | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 check | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 check | advmod |
| 8 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 write | parataxis |
| 9 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | can | Anyone | anything | online property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | |||
| 2 | check | infinitive | sources | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, if it has a photo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 photo | det |
| 7 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | a photo | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, websites are checked by the government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 checked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | websites | website | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 checked | aux:pass |
| 5 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 government | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 government | det |
| 8 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 checked | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · passive | the government | websites | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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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