Test 1 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines
"yeah nah, that politician wants to shut every park, it's in the clip mate" — what should you do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: politician, you · What happens: want, shut, be, do · To what, where: park, clip mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» 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 nah | punct |
| 2 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 nah | discourse |
| 3 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 wants | discourse |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 nah | punct |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 politician | det |
| 6 | politician | politician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 shut | mark |
| 9 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | xcomp |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 park | det |
| 11 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shut | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 mate | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 mate | cop |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 mate | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 mate | det |
| 17 | clip | clip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mate | compound |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | parataxis |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 20 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 do | punct |
| 21 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 do | obj |
| 22 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 do | aux |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 do | nsubj |
| 24 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | parataxis |
| 25 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 24 do | advmod |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | that politician | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shut not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | that politician not said here | every park | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent park=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | politician | the clip mate | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do | should | you | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
Get angry and share it with your friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 share | cc |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | share | present | you not said here | it | with your friends | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Find the full speech and listen to what came before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 speech | det |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 speech | amod |
| 4 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 listen | cc |
| 6 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Find | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 what | case |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 listen | obl |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 10 | before | before | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | the full speech | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Topic | ||||
| 2 | listen | infinitive | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | past | before property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Write to the politician to shout at them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 politician | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 politician | det |
| 4 | politician | politician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 shout | mark |
| 6 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Write | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | the politician | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to politician=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | to-infinitive | you not said here | at them = they | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Believe it, because the words are real and come from the politician's own mouth
The tree, 15 words
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 | _ | 8 real | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 real | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 words | det |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 real | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | cop |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 come | cc |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | conj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 mouth | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 politician | det |
| 13 | politician | politician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 politician | case |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mouth | amod |
| 16 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 come | obl |
| # | 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 | is | present | the words | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | present | the words not said here | the politician's own mouth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mouth=Initial_Location |
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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