Test 9 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see
A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it. What should you explain?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: satire article, little brother, you · What happens: say, ban, believe, explain · To what, where: school banned homework, homework · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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 satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 article | det |
| 2 | satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 article | compound |
| 3 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 homework | compound |
| 7 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 homework | amod |
| 8 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 9 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 8 homework | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 believes | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 believes | cc |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 brother | amod |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 believes | nsubj |
| 15 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 believes | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a satire article | school banned homework | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent homework=Topic | ||||
| 2 | ban | participle | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||||
| 3 | believe | present | your little brother | homework | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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 explain?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 explain | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 explain | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 explain | nsubj |
| 4 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | should | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is a joke article, not real news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 article | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 article | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 article | det |
| 4 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 article | compound |
| 5 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 news | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 real | advmod |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 news | amod |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 article | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a joke article and real news | tree rules |
Option 2
Satire is just a sneaky type of lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 type | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 type | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 type | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 type | det |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 type | amod |
| 6 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lying | case |
| 8 | lying | lying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Satire | a sneaky type | of lying | tree rules |
Option 3
It is real news from that very school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 news | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 news | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 school | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 school | advmod |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 news | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | real news | that school | tree rules |
Option 4
All articles with jokes are fake news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 articles | det |
| 2 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 news | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 jokes | case |
| 4 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 articles | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 news | cop |
| 6 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 news | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | all articles with jokes | fake news | tree rules |
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