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Test 8 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked. Which evidence matters more?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Beth, dad, evidence · What happens: say, fake, matter · To what, where: Moon landing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beth	Beth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mate	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 brother	case
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dad	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mate	case
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 NASA	case
10	NASA	NASA	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dad	nmod
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 landing	det
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 landing	compound
14	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 faked	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 faked	aux:pass
16	faked	fake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 says	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Beth						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	Beth's brother's mate's dad at NASA						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fake	past · passive		the Moon landing					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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: Which evidence matters more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 evidence	det
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 matters	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 matters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	which evidence						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

How many people online believe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	nsubj
4	online	online	ADV	_	5 believe	advmod
5	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	many people	it				online property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mirrors left on the Moon that scientists still use today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Mirrors	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 Moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 use	obj
7	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 use	advmod
9	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Mirrors	acl:relcl
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		Mirrors not said here		the Moon			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on moon=Location
2	use	present	scientists	Mirrors			still; today		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

Option 3

What the dad told the brother's mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 told	obj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dad	det
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brother	det
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mate	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 brother	case
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the dad		the brother's mate				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient what=Topic

Option 4

That the photos look a bit strange

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 the	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 photos	det
3	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	nsubj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strange	obl:unmarked
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the photos					strange property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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