Test 6 · Debates and rows on chat shows
What would happen if a fact check found a claim "misleading"?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fact check · What happens: happen, find · To what, where: claim
This is test 6 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 found | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 check | det |
| 6 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | compound |
| 7 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | nsubj |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 claim | det |
| 10 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 misleading | punct |
| 12 | misleading | misleading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 claim | appos |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 misleading | punct |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | find a condition, not said to happen | past | a fact check | a claim | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=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.
The options
Option 1
The candidate would lose the election at once, because misleading claims are against the law
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 candidate | det |
| 2 | candidate | candidate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lose | aux |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 election | det |
| 6 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 lose | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 law | punct |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 law | mark |
| 11 | misleading | misleading | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 claims | amod |
| 12 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 law | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 law | cop |
| 14 | against | against | ADP | _ | 16 law | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 law | det |
| 16 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | would | the candidate | the election | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent election=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | present | misleading claims | against the law | tree rules |
Option 2
The claim would be removed from TV forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 claim | det |
| 2 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 removed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 removed | aux:pass |
| 5 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 TV | case |
| 7 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 removed | obl |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 removed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | would · passive | the claim | TV | forever property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from tv=Source |
Option 3
The moderator would switch off the cameras
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 moderator | det |
| 2 | moderator | moderator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switch | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 switch | aux |
| 4 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 switch | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cameras | det |
| 7 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 switch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | would | the moderator | the cameras | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would say the claim leaves people with a wrong picture, even if part is true
The tree, 16 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 | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 claim | det |
| 5 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaves | nsubj |
| 6 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | ccomp |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 leaves | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 picture | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 picture | det |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 picture | amod |
| 11 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaves | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 true | punct |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 17 true | advmod |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 true | mark |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 true | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 true | cop |
| 17 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | It | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave | present | the claim | people | with a wrong picture | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with picture=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | part | true property | tree rules |
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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