Test 9 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

"screenshot of the BBC says they're banning bikes, so it's legit innit" — how do you check?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, BBC, you · What happens: say, ban, be, check · To what, where: screenshot, bikes, legit innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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	_	2 screenshot	punct
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 BBC	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 BBC	det
5	BBC	BBC	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 banning	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 banning	aux
9	banning	ban	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 says	ccomp
10	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 banning	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 innit	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 innit	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 innit	cop
15	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 innit	amod
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 check	punct
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	22 check	advmod
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 check	aux
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 check	nsubj
22	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present		screenshot	of the BBC	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ban in a quote	present · progressive	they	bikes		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bike=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	BBC	legit innit		tree rules
4	check	present · do-support	you			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Share it and see if anyone complains about 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 see	cc
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Share	conj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 complains	mark
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 complains	nsubj
7	complains	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	ccomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 complains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it		tree rules
2	see	infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	complain speech: other a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone		about it	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

Zoom in on the screenshot to see the letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoom	zoom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 screenshot	case
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 screenshot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 screenshot	det
5	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Zoom	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Zoom	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 letters	det
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive		the letters					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus

Option 3

Trust it, a screenshot is the same as the page

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Trust	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 same	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 screenshot	det
5	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 same	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 same	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Trust	parataxis
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 page	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 page	det
11	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	imperative	you not said here	it					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	a screenshot					as the page; same property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Search the real BBC site for that headline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Search	search	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 site	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 site	amod
4	BBC	BBC	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 site	compound
5	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Search	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 headline	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 headline	det
8	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	imperative	you not said here	the real BBC site				for that headline	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent site=Location for headline=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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