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Test 10 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how

Your friend, being formal, says, "Kindly distinguish between the report and the editorial." What is she asking?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: be, say, distinguish, ask · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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 friend, being formal, says, "Kindly distinguish between the report and the editorial."

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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formal	punct
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 formal	cop
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friend	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 friend	punct
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 distinguish	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 distinguish	punct
10	Kindly	kindly	ADV	_	11 distinguish	advmod
11	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
12	between	between	ADP	_	14 report	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 report	det
14	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 distinguish	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 editorial	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 editorial	det
17	editorial	editorial	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 report	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 distinguish	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 distinguish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						formal property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Your friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	distinguish in a quote	infinitive						between the report and the editorial; kindly property	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent between report=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.

Sentence 2: What is she asking?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 asking	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asking	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asking	nsubj
4	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · progressive	friend						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Count how many words each story has and say which one is the longest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 words	amod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 words	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Count	conj
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 longest	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 longest	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 longest	det
14	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here	many words					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	have	present	each story	many words not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	which one					long property	tree rules

Option 2

Say which channel has the best presenter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 channel	det
3	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presenter	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 presenter	amod
7	presenter	presenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	which channel	the best presenter					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presenter=Patient

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

Tell apart what happened from what someone thinks about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	apart	apart	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 what	case
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 happened	obl
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 thinks	nsubj
8	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell apart speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					apart property	tree rules
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	think speech: other	present	someone					about it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 4

Find which story has the biggest picture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Find	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 picture	det
6	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 picture	amod
7	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	present	which story	the biggest picture					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient

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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