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Test 4 · Propaganda and fake news

A Gen X uncle: "Whoa, rad, they're taxing sneezes now! Total bummer." The story is from The Onion. What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen X uncle, story · What happens: tax, be, happen · To what, where: sneezes, Onion

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: A Gen X uncle: "Whoa, rad, they're taxing sneezes now!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 uncle	det
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
3	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	compound
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 taxing	nsubj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Whoa	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Whoa	punct
7	Whoa	Whoa	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uncle	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rad	punct
9	rad	rad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Whoa	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 uncle	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 taxing	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 taxing	aux
13	taxing	tax	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 taxing	obj
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 taxing	advmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 taxing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tax in a quote	present · progressive	a Gen X uncle	sneezes			now		vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sneeze=Recipient

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: Total bummer."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bummer	amod
2	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bummer	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 bummer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: The story is from The Onion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Onion	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Onion	cop
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 Onion	case
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Onion	det
6	Onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Onion	punct

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

Sentence 4: What happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

He mistook satire for real news

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	2 mistook	nsubj
2	mistook	mistake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mistook	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 news	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 news	amod
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mistook	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mistake	past	He	satire				for real news	tree rules

Option 2

He saw some wartime propaganda on TV

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 propaganda	det
4	wartime	wartime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 propaganda	amod
5	propaganda	propaganda	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 TV	case
7	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 propaganda	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	some wartime propaganda		TV			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer propaganda=Stimulus

Option 3

He found a secret government plan

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	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plan	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plan	amod
5	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plan	compound
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	a secret government plan					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic

Option 4

He read a correction about taxes

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	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 correction	det
4	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 taxes	case
6	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 correction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	He	a correction				about taxes	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Topic

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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