Test 6 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

"that headline's mid, just says 'Is your tap water poisoning you?' — so it IS, right?" What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mid, tap water, best answer · What happens: say, be, poison · To what, where: tap water, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: "that headline's mid, just says 'Is your tap water poisoning you?' — so it IS, right?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mid	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 headline	det
3	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mid	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 headline	case
5	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mid	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 says	advmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 water	punct
10	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 water	cop
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 water	nmod:poss
12	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 water	compound
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	ccomp
14	poisoning	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 water	acl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 poisoning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 water	punct
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 water	punct
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 right	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	23 right	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 right	nsubj
21	IS	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 right	cop
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 right	punct
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 right	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	present	that headline's mid			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		your tap water		tree rules
3	poison in a quote	gerund	your tap water not said here	you		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
4	is in a quote	present	mid		right property	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.

Sentence 2: What is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, newspapers only ask about real dangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 newspapers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 dangers	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dangers	amod
8	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	newspapers					about real dangers	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about danger=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A question is not a fact; read the article, which says it is safe

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fact	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fact	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fact	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fact	det
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 read	punct
8	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 fact	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 article	det
10	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fact	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 safe	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 safe	cop
16	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	a question	a fact		tree rules
2	read	infinitive		the article		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	a fact			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	question		safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, if a headline asks, the answer is always yes, or they would not ask

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	18 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 asks	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 headline	det
5	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ask	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 answer	det
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ask	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ask	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 ask	advmod
12	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	18 ask	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ask	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 ask	cc
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ask	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 ask	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 ask	advmod
18	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	a headline						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	would · present	the answer					always, ask property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, all tap water is poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 poisonous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 water	det
4	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poisonous	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 poisonous	cop
7	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all tap water					poisonous property	tree rules

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