Test 19 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…
everyone's sharing a funny article that the head teacher "banned homework forever", from a joke news site. pass it on as true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, head teacher · What happens: share, ban, pass on · To what, where: funny article, news site, homework
This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 sharing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sharing | aux |
| 3 | sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 article | det |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 article | amod |
| 6 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sharing | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 banned | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 teacher | compound |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 banned | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 banned | punct |
| 12 | banned | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 article | acl:relcl |
| 13 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 banned | obj |
| 14 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 12 banned | advmod |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 sharing | punct |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 site | punct |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 site | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 site | det |
| 19 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 news | compound |
| 20 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 site | compound |
| 21 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sharing | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sharing | punct |
| 23 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sharing | conj |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 pass | obj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 pass | compound:prt |
| 26 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 true | case |
| 27 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 pass | obl |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sharing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · progressive | everyone | a funny article | a news site | tree rules | |||
| 2 | ban in a quote | past | the head teacher | a funny article | forever property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | pass on | infinitive | everyone not said here | homework | as true | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's satire; don't share it as if it were real
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 satire | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 satire | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 satire | cop |
| 5 | satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 share | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 share | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 share | advmod |
| 9 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 satire | acl:relcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 share | obj |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 real | mark |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 real | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 real | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 real | cop |
| 15 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 share | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | satire | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not share | infinitive · do-support | satire not said here | satire | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | satire | real property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, everyone will be happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 happy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 happy | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 happy | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 happy | cop |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | everyone | happy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's on a news site so it's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 site | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 site | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 site | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 site | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 site | det |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 site | compound |
| 8 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 true | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 true | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 true | cop |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 site | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | a news site | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | site | true property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, and add your own bits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 add | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 add | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 add | cc |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bits | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bits | amod |
| 7 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 add | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | your own bits | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
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