Test 8 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

"lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should you think?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lemon water, fav influencer, you · What happens: melt, say, think · To what, where: belly fat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 melts	punct
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	compound
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melts	nsubj
4	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	compound
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 melts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 influencer	nmod:poss
9	fav	fav	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 influencer	compound
10	influencer	influencer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 melts	parataxis
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 think	advmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 think	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 think	obj
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 think	aux
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 think	nsubj
17	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 melts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	melt in a quote	present	lemon water	belly fat	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fat=Result
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my fav influencer		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other	should	you		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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

It works but only on Tuesdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Tuesdays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Tuesdays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Tuesdays	case
6	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 works	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It works, influencers always check facts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 check	punct
4	influencers	influencer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 check	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 check	advmod
6	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 works	conj
7	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	check	present	influencers	facts				always property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No drink melts fat; the influencer may be selling something

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 drink	det
2	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melts	nsubj
3	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melts	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 melts	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 influencer	det
7	influencer	influencer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 selling	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 selling	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 selling	aux
10	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 melts	advcl
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 selling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	no drink	fat					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fat=Result
2	sell	may · progressive	the influencer	something					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Option 4

Drinking lemon water makes you thinner overnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 makes	csubj
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	compound
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drinking	obj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	xcomp
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	4 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	gerund		lemon water					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	make	present	Drinking	you				overnight, thin property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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