Test 11 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how
Your cousin says, "Kids' news like Behind the News is baby stuff, it's not real news." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, news · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: baby stuff, real news · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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 cousin says, "Kids' news like Behind the News is baby stuff, it's not real news."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 news | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 news | punct |
| 6 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 news | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 Kids | case |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stuff | nsubj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 News | case |
| 10 | Behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 News | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 News | det |
| 12 | News | News | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 news | nmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 stuff | cop |
| 14 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stuff | compound |
| 15 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 news | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 news | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 news | cop |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 news | advmod |
| 20 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 news | amod |
| 21 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 news | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 news | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Kids's news like the News | baby stuff | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a in a quote | present | cousin | real news | tree rules |
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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It covers real news but explains words and background
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 covers | nsubj |
| 2 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 covers | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 explains | cc |
| 6 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 covers | conj |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 explains | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 background | cc |
| 9 | background | background | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 words | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | It | real news | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme news=Destination | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | present | words and background | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 2
It is made-up stories for little children, read out like a bedtime book
The tree, 14 words
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 | 6 stories | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stories | cop |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 stories | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 children | case |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 children | amod |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stories | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 read | punct |
| 11 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 stories | parataxis |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 read | compound:prt |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 book | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 book | det |
| 15 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 book | compound |
| 16 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | made stories | for little children | tree rules | |||
| 3 | read out | infinitive | like a bedtime book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It only reports the news about cartoons and toys
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 | 3 reports | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 reports | advmod |
| 3 | reports | report | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 news | det |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reports | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 cartoons | case |
| 7 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 news | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 toys | cc |
| 9 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cartoons | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | present | It | the news | about cartoons and toys | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient |
Option 4
It is really just the same thing as an advert for a channel
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 | 7 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thing | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 thing | advmod |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 thing | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 advert | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 advert | det |
| 10 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thing | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 channel | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 channel | det |
| 13 | channel | channel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 advert | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the same thing | as a advert for a channel | tree rules |
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