Test 18 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

heard on the group chat a pop star "died last night", everyone's posting RIP. what's likely

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pop star, everyone · What happens: hear, die, post, be · To what, where: group chat, RIP · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 likely	advcl
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 chat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chat	det
4	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chat	compound
5	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 star	det
7	pop	pop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 star	compound
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	nsubj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 star	punct
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chat	acl:relcl
11	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 night	amod
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 night	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 posting	punct
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 posting	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 posting	aux
17	posting	post	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 heard	conj
18	RIP	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 posting	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 heard	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 likely	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 likely	cop
22	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	participle			the group chat			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	die in a quote	past	a pop star	the group chat not said here		night		tree rules
3	post	present · progressive	everyone	RIP				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rip=Theme
4	is	present					likely 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.

The options

Option 1

It must be true if lots of people post it, they can't all be wrong

The tree, 16 words

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 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 post	mark
6	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 post	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lots	nmod
9	post	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 post	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wrong	punct
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wrong	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 wrong	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 wrong	advmod
15	all	all	ADV	_	17 wrong	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 wrong	cop
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		true property	tree rules
2	post a condition, not said to happen	present	lots of people	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not is	can	lots = lot		all, wrong property	tree rules

Option 2

Famous people's deaths are never faked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deaths	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 people	case
4	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 faked	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 faked	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 faked	advmod
7	faked	fake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fake	present · passive		Famous people's deaths					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	die		Famous people						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It may be a hoax; wait for trusted news before believing it

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 hoax	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hoax	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 hoax	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hoax	det
5	hoax	hoax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 wait	punct
7	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 hoax	parataxis
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 news	case
9	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 news	amod
10	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wait	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 believing	mark
12	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wait	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 believing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	may	It	a hoax		tree rules
2	wait	infinitive			for trusted news	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	believe	gerund		news		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

The group chat is always right first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chat	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chat	compound
3	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 right	advmod
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 right	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the group chat					always, first, right property	tree rules

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