Test 2 · Propaganda and fake news
"no cap, school's shut every Friday from next month, it's got the logo and like 3k likes" — what is the best next step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: get, be · To what, where: logo, best next step
This is test 2 of lesson 31 «Propaganda and fake news» 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 cap | det |
| 3 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shut | punct |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shut | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 school | case |
| 7 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cap | acl:relcl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 Friday | det |
| 9 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 shut | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 month | case |
| 11 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 month | amod |
| 12 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shut | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 got | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 got | aux |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 logo | det |
| 18 | logo | logo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 likes | cc |
| 20 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 23 likes | discourse |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 k | compound |
| 22 | k | thousand | NUM | Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 likes | nummod |
| 23 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 logo | conj |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 likes | punct |
| 25 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 step | punct |
| 26 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 step | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 step | cop |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 step | det |
| 29 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 step | amod |
| 30 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 step | amod |
| 31 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obl |
| 32 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | no cap | the logo and k likes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer logo=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the best next step | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Believe it, because 3k likes can't be wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wrong | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 wrong | mark |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 k | compound |
| 6 | k | thousand | NUM | Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 likes | nummod |
| 7 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 wrong | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 wrong | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 wrong | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wrong | cop |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not is | can | k likes | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
Share it with everyone so nobody misses it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Share | obl |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 misses | advmod |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 misses | nsubj |
| 7 | misses | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Share | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 misses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | with everyone | tree rules | |||
| 2 | miss | present | nobody | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Stay home on Friday just in case
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Friday | case |
| 4 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 case | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 case | case |
| 7 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | case | friday | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in case=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Check the school website or wait for a letter home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 website | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 website | compound |
| 4 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 wait | cc |
| 6 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 home | det |
| 9 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 home | compound |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the school website | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent website=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for a letter home | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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