Test 2 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares
A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!». Why should you doubt it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, leaf, you · What happens: say, cure, break, doubt · To what, where: colds, leaf · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 video | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 cures | punct |
| 5 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 leaf | det |
| 6 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cures | nsubj |
| 7 | cures | cure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cures | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cancer | punct |
| 10 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 colds | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 legs | cc |
| 12 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 legs | amod |
| 13 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 colds | conj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 colds | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 cures | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a video | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cure in a quote | present | this leaf | colds and cancer and broken legs | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source | ||||
| 3 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 should you doubt it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 doubt | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubt | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 doubt | nsubj |
| 4 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 doubt | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 doubt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doubt | should | you | leaf | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real medicines are tested and work for specific problems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 medicines | amod |
| 2 | medicines | medicine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tested | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tested | aux:pass |
| 4 | tested | test | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 work | cc |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tested | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 problems | case |
| 8 | specific | specific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 problems | amod |
| 9 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present · passive | Real medicines | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | work | present | for specific problems | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for problem=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Doctors don't like leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | Doctors | leaves | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot leaf=Theme |
Option 3
Videos are never about health
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 health | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 health | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 health | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 health | case |
| 5 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Videos | about health | tree rules |
Option 4
Leaves are too small and too weak to help anyone get better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 small | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 small | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 small | advmod |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 weak | cc |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 weak | advmod |
| 7 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 small | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 weak | advcl |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 help | obj |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 help | xcomp |
| 12 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Leaves | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Leaves not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | help | to-infinitive | Leaves not said here | anyone | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | anyone not said here | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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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