Test 10 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

Which is a fair thing to say about bubbles?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, say · To what, where: fair thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 bubbles	case
9	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fair thing					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive						about bubbles	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

Every scientist says bubbles control everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 scientist	det
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 control	nsubj
5	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 control	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	every scientist						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	control	infinitive	bubbles	everyone					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Option 2

Bubbles only happen to grown-ups, never to kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 ups	case
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kids	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 kids	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 kids	case
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Bubbles					to grown ups; to kids	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Researchers disagree on how strong they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Researchers	researcher	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 strong	case
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 strong	advmod
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 disagree	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 strong	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strong	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	Researchers						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Researchers = researcher					strong property	tree rules

Option 4

Bubbles cannot happen online, only in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happen	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	online	online	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 life	punct
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 life	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	can	Bubbles			real life		online property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location

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