Test 3 · ★★ · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…
A grandmother reads a satire story about the Queen's corgis becoming judges and thinks it is real. Why could this happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandmother, corgis, story, this · What happens: read, become, think, be, happen · To what, where: satire story, judges · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» 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 grandmother reads a satire story about the Queen's corgis becoming judges and thinks it is real.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 grandmother | det |
| 2 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | nsubj |
| 3 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 5 | satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 story | compound |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reads | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 corgis | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Queen | det |
| 9 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 corgis | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Queen | case |
| 11 | corgis | corgi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 story | nmod |
| 12 | becoming | become | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 corgis | acl |
| 13 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 becoming | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 thinks | cc |
| 15 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reads | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 real | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 real | cop |
| 18 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 thinks | ccomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a grandmother | a satire story | about the Queen's corgis | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | |||
| 2 | become | gerund | the Queen's corgis not said here | judges | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient judge=Result | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | present | a grandmother not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | story | real 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.
Sentence 2: Why could this happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 happen | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | this | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Satire sites never write about animals
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 | 4 write | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 write | advmod |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 animals | case |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not write | present | Satire sites | about animals | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about animal=Topic |
Option 2
The story must have been true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 true | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 true | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 true | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 true | cop |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must · perfect | the story | true property | tree rules |
Option 3
Satire is always marked in big red letters at the top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 marked | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 marked | advmod |
| 4 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 letters | case |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 letters | amod |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 letters | amod |
| 8 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 marked | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 top | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 top | det |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 marked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | present · passive | Satire | big red letters | at the top; always property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Satire can fool people who don't know it is a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satire | satire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fool | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fool | aux |
| 3 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fool | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 know | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 know | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 know | advmod |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 people | acl:relcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 joke | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 joke | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 joke | det |
| 12 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | can | Satire | people | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | Satire | a joke | tree rules |
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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