Test 1 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how Your mate goes, "Breaking news said 50 people, then 30. So the news is all cap." ("Cap" means lies.) What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Breaking news, news, Cap, best reply · What happens: go, say, be, mean · To what, where: 50 people, cap, lies · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics 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 mate goes, "Breaking news said 50 people, then 30.
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct compound nsubj parataxis nummod obj punct advmod ccomp punct root Your PRON mate NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Breaking NOUN news NOUN said VERB 50 NUM people NOUN , PUNCT then ADV 30 NUM . PUNCT 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 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 said punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 said punct 6 Breaking breaking NOUN Number=Sing 7 news compound 7 news news NOUN Number=Sing 8 said nsubj 8 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 goes parataxis 9 50 50 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 people nummod 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 said obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 30 punct 12 then then ADV PronType=Dem 13 30 advmod 13 30 30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 said ccomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Your mate vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert in a quote past Breaking news 50 people vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent people=Topic
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: So the news is all cap."
advmod det nsubj cop det punct punct root So ADV the DET news NOUN is AUX all DET cap NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 6 cap advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 news det 3 news news NOUN Number=Sing 6 cap nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 cap cop 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 cap det 6 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 cap punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 cap punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the news all cap tree rules
Sentence 3: ("Cap" means lies.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Cap NOUN " PUNCT means VERB lies NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Cap punct 3 Cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Cap punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 lies lie NOUN Number=Plur 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Cap lies vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Topic
Sentence 4: What is the best reply?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ reply NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 reply det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 reply amod 5 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best reply tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The first number is always the true one
det amod nsubj cop advmod det amod root The DET first ADJ number NOUN is AUX always ADV the DET true ADJ one NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 number det 2 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 number amod 3 number number NOUN Number=Sing 8 one nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 one cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 8 one advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 one det 7 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 8 one amod 8 one one NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the first number the true one always property tree rules
Option 2 The news changed the number to scare us
det nsubj det obj mark advcl obj root The DET news NOUN changed VERB the DET number NOUN to PART scare VERB us PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 news det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 3 changed nsubj 3 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 number det 5 number number NOUN Number=Sing 3 changed obj 6 to to PART _ 7 scare mark 7 scare scare VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 changed advcl 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 scare obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change past the news the number vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient 2 scare to-infinitive the news not said here us vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer
Option 3 He's right, the news is always lies, so you should never watch any of it ever again
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop punct det nsubj cop advmod advcl punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj case nmod advmod advmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT the DET news NOUN is AUX always ADV lies VERB , PUNCT so ADV you PRON should AUX never ADV watch VERB any DET of ADP it PRON ever ADV again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 lies punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 news det 6 news news NOUN Number=Sing 9 lies nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 lies cop 8 always always ADV PronType=Tot 9 lies advmod 9 lies lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right advcl 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 watch punct 11 so so ADV _ 15 watch advmod 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 15 watch nsubj 13 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 watch aux 14 never never ADV PronType=Neg 15 watch advmod 15 watch watch VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 right parataxis 16 any any DET PronType=Ind 15 watch obj 17 of of ADP _ 18 it case 18 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 any nmod 19 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 15 watch advmod 20 again again ADV _ 15 watch advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is present the news always, lie property tree rules 3 not watch should you any ever; again vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Early reports change as facts come in; good channels update them
amod nsubj mark nsubj advcl advmod punct amod nsubj conj obj root Early ADJ reports NOUN change VERB as SCONJ facts NOUN come VERB in ADV ; PUNCT good ADJ channels NOUN update VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Early early ADJ Degree=Pos 2 reports amod 2 reports report NOUN Number=Plur 3 change nsubj 3 change change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 come mark 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 6 come nsubj 6 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 change advcl 7 in in ADV _ 6 come advmod 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 update punct 9 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 10 channels amod 10 channels channel NOUN Number=Plur 11 update nsubj 11 update update VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 change conj 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 update obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change present Early reports vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 come in present facts vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 update speech: other present good channels facts = fact vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
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