Test 6 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how

In the car, your dad says, "Only this channel tells the truth, the rest are biased, end of." Which is the most sensible reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, channel, rest · What happens: say, tell, be · To what, where: car, truth, sensible reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: In the car, your dad says, "Only this channel tells the truth, the rest are biased, end of."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 car	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 car	punct
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct
10	Only	only	ADV	_	13 tells	advmod
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 channel	det
12	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tells	nsubj
13	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 says	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 truth	det
15	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tells	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 biased	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rest	det
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 biased	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 biased	cop
20	biased	biased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 says	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 end	punct
22	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 biased	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	22 end	case
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 biased	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 biased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	your dad		the car			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	this channel	the truth				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
3	is in a quote	present	the rest			of end	biased property	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: Which is the most sensible reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 reply	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reply	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reply	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 sensible	advmod
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reply	amod
6	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the sensible reply					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Every source can lean a bit, so comparing a few helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 source	det
2	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lean	aux
4	lean	lean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lean	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 helps	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 helps	advmod
9	comparing	compare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 helps	csubj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 few	det
11	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 comparing	obj
12	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lean	can	every source	a bit	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bit=Theme
2	compare	gerund		a few	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Patient
3	help	present	comparing		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He's right, one channel is always perfect and never wrong at all

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 perfect	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 channel	nummod
6	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perfect	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 perfect	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 perfect	advmod
9	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wrong	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 wrong	advmod
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	is	present	one channel		always, perfect property	tree rules
3	not be		He not said here	all		tree rules

Option 3

Never watch any news at all, from any channel, ever again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 watch	advmod
2	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watch	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 watch	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 channel	punct
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 channel	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 channel	det
10	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watch	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ever	punct
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 again	advmod
13	again	again	ADV	_	2 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not watch	imperative	you not said here	any news		all	again		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme

Option 4

All channels are lying to everybody all of the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 channels	det
2	channels	channel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lying	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 everybody	case
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 lying	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lying	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	all channels	all				to everybody	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location all=Theme

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