Test 2 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages
Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news. What's wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: group chat, famous singer, nothing, Your · What happens: say, die, be, chat · To what, where: news · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths 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: Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 chat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chat | compound |
| 3 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 singer | det |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 singer | amod |
| 7 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 died | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 died | aux |
| 9 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 news | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 news | cc |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 16 news | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 news | cop |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 news | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 news | det |
| 16 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 died | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your group chat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | die | present · perfect | a famous singer | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | is | present | nothing | the news | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | chat | Your | nom chat «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: What's wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Delete the group chat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chat | det |
| 3 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chat | compound |
| 4 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | the group chat | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Theme |
Option 2
Post that she died, everyone else is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 died | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 died | nsubj |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 died | punct |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 died | obl |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 everyone | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | Post | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | everyone | else property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Wait for trusted news before believing or sharing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 news | case |
| 3 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 believing | mark |
| 6 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 sharing | cc |
| 8 | sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 believing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for trusted news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | believe | gerund | you not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | share | gerund | you not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Message her family to ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Message | message | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Message | obj |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Message | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Message | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | message | imperative | you not said here | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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