Test 7 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…
Why can a satire story fool some people?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: satire story · What happens: fool · To what, where: people
This is test 7 · ★★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 fool | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 fool | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 story | compound |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fool | nsubj |
| 6 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 people | det |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fool | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 fool | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | can | a satire story | some people | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They do not realise it is a made-up joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 realise | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 realise | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 realise | advmod |
| 4 | realise | realise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 joke | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 joke | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 joke | det |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 joke | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 made | compound:prt |
| 11 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 realise | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not realise | present · do-support | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | a made joke | tree rules |
Option 2
Satire stories are checked like real news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stories | compound |
| 2 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 checked | aux:pass |
| 4 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 news | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 news | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 checked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · passive | Satire stories | like real news | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Satire is always printed in capital letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 printed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 printed | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 printed | advmod |
| 4 | printed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root | |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 letters | case |
| 6 | capital | capital | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 letters | amod |
| 7 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 printed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present · passive | Satire | capital letters | always property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination |
Option 4
Satire sites are secretly run by the government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sites | compound |
| 2 | sites | site | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 run | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux:pass |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 5 run | advmod |
| 5 | run | run | 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 run | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · passive | the government | Satire sites | secretly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |
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