Test 7 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

After a storm, the shark-on-the-motorway photo is all over the class chat. How could you check it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shark, you · What happens: be, check · To what, where: class chat, storm

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: After a storm, the shark-on-the-motorway photo is all over the class chat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chat	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 storm	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shark	det
6	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chat	nsubj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 photo	punct
8	on	on	ADP	_	13 photo	case
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 on	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 photo	det
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 the	punct
12	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 photo	compound
13	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shark	conj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 chat	cop
15	all	all	ADV	_	19 chat	advmod
16	over	over	ADP	_	19 chat	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 chat	det
18	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 chat	compound
19	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 chat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the shark and the motorway photo			the class chat	after a storm	all 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: How could you check it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 check	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 check	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 check	nsubj
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 check	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	could	you	storm					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Search for it on a fact-checking site with an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Search	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	9 site	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 site	det
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checking	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 fact	punct
8	checking	check	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 site	amod
9	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Search	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 adult	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	imperative	you not said here			a checking site		for it; with a adult	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for it=Theme on site=Location
2	check	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Zoom right in to see if the shark is smiling at the camera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoom	zoom	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	3 in	advmod
3	in	in	ADV	_	1 Zoom	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Zoom	advcl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 smiling	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shark	det
8	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smiling	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smiling	aux
10	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 see	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 camera	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 camera	det
13	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smiling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	zoom	imperative	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	smile a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	the shark	the camera	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Count how many people shared it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 people	compound
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shared	nsubj
5	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	infinitive							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	share	past	Count many people	it					tree rules

Option 4

Believe it because there was a storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 was	mark
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 was	expl
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Believe	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	be	past	a storm			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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