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Test 6 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

"the newspaper says chocolate makes u clever!!!" The article says it was tested on 20 mice. What do you conclude?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: newspaper, chocolate, article, you · What happens: say, make, test, conclude · To what, where: u, article · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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: "the newspaper says chocolate makes u clever!!!"

punctdetnsubjnsubjccompobjxcomppunctpunctroot"PUNCTtheDETnewspaperNOUNsaysVERBchocolateNOUNmakesVERBuPRONcleverADJ!!!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 sayspunct
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 newspaperdet
3newspapernewspaperNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5chocolatechocolateNOUNNumber=Sing6 makesnsubj
6makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 saysccomp
7uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 makesobj
8clevercleverADJDegree=Pos6 makesxcomp
9!!!!!!PUNCT_6 makespunct
10""PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepresentthe newspapervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2make in a quotepresentchocolateuclever propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product

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: The article says it was tested on 20 mice.

detnsubjnsubj:passaux:passccompcasenummodoblpunctrootTheDETarticleNOUNsaysVERBitPRONwasAUXtestedVERBonADP20NUMmiceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 articledet
2articlearticleNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 testednsubj:pass
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 testedaux:pass
6testedtestVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 saysccomp
7ononADP_9 micecase
82020NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card9 micenummod
9micemouseNOUNNumber=Plur6 testedobl
10..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe articlevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2testpast · passivearticleon 20 micevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Sentence 3: What do you conclude?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoAUXyouPRONconcludeVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 concludeobj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 concludeaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 concludensubj
4concludeconcludeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 concludepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1concludepresent · do-supportyouvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1

Mice are clever only because they eat a lot of chocolate

nsubjcopadvmodmarknsubjadvcldetobjcasenmodrootMiceNOUNareAUXcleverADJonlyADVbecauseSCONJtheyPRONeatVERBaDETlotNOUNofADPchocolateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MicemouseNOUNNumber=Plur3 clevernsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 clevercop
3clevercleverADJDegree=Posrootroot
4onlyonlyADV_3 cleveradvmod
5becausebecauseSCONJ_7 eatmark
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 eatnsubj
7eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cleveradvcl
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 lotdet
9lotlotNOUNNumber=Sing7 eatobj
10ofofADP_11 chocolatecase
11chocolatechocolateNOUNNumber=Sing9 lotnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentMiceclever propertytree rules
2eatpresentMice = mousea lot of chocolatevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 2

Newspapers never make mistakes

nsubjadvmodobjrootNewspapersNOUNneverADVmakeVERBmistakesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NewspapersnewspaperNOUNNumber=Plur3 makensubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 makeadvmod
3makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4mistakesmistakeNOUNNumber=Plur3 makeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not makepresentNewspapersmistakesvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The headline says much more than the study shows

detnsubjadvmodobjmarkdetnsubjadvclrootTheDETheadlineNOUNsaysVERBmuchADVmoreADJthanSCONJtheDETstudyNOUNshowsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 headlinedet
2headlineheadlineNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4muchmuchADV_5 moreadvmod
5moremoreADJDegree=Cmp3 saysobj
6thanthanSCONJ_9 showsmark
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 studydet
8studystudyNOUNNumber=Sing9 showsnsubj
9showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 moreadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe headlinemorevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic
2showpresentthe studyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Chocolate makes every person clever

nsubjdetobjxcomprootChocolateNOUNmakesVERBeveryDETpersonNOUNcleverADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChocolatechocolateNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3everyeveryDETPronType=Tot4 persondet
4personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
5clevercleverADJDegree=Pos2 makesxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentChocolateevery personclever propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material person=Product

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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