Test 10 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

A boy says, "The full video is a waste of time, the clip has the real words." What is wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, full video, clip · What happens: say, be, have · To what, where: waste, real words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 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

Sentence 1: A boy says, "The full video is a waste of time, the clip has the real words."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 waste	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 waste	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 video	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 video	amod
8	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waste	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 waste	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 waste	det
11	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 time	case
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waste	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 has	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 clip	det
16	clip	clip	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 has	nsubj
17	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 waste	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 words	det
19	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 words	amod
20	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 has	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the full video	a waste	time	tree rules
3	have in a quote	present	the clip	the real words		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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: What is wrong with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Real words can still mislead when the parts around them are cut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mislead	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 mislead	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 mislead	advmod
5	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 cut	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parts	det
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cut	nsubj:pass
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 parts	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cut	aux:pass
12	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mislead	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislead	can	Real words				still		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cut	present · passive		the parts around words					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

Real words can never be misleading

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 misleading	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 misleading	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 misleading	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 misleading	cop
6	misleading	misleading	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	Real words					misleading property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, clips always show the whole meaning, because the editors pick the most important bit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 clips	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	clips	clip	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 show	advmod
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pick	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 pick	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 editors	det
12	editors	editor	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pick	nsubj
13	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bit	det
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 important	advmod
16	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bit	amod
17	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Nothing clips	the whole meaning				always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meaning=Recipient
2	pick	present	the editors	the important bit					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Option 4

Full videos are always fake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 videos	amod
2	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fake	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fake	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 fake	advmod
5	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Full videos					always, fake 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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