Test 5 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

"highkey the angriest posts are the truest, that's why they're at the top" — what is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: angriest posts, that, posts, best answer · What happens: highkey, be · To what, where: top · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 highkey	punct
2	highkey	highkey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 posts	det
4	angriest	angry	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 posts	amod
5	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 truest	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 truest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truest	det
8	truest	true	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 top	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 why	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 why	cop
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 top	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 top	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 top	cop
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 top	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 top	det
17	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 highkey	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 top	punct
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 highkey	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 highkey	parataxis
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 what	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 answer	det
23	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 answer	amod
24	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 what	nsubj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 highkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	highkey in a quote	past				tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	the angriest posts		true property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	that		why property	tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	posts = post	the top		tree rules
5	is a	present	the best answer			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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

They are at the top because anger brings comments, not because they are true

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 top	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 top	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 brings	mark
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	nsubj
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 top	acl:relcl
9	comments	comment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 brings	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 true	advmod
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 true	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 true	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 true	cop
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brings	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		the top		tree rules
2	bring	present	anger	comments			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent comment=Theme
3	not is	present	comments = comment			true property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, the top post is always the truest one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 post	det
4	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 post	amod
5	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 one	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	truest	true	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the top post	the truest one				always property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, angry people never post false things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 post	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 post	advmod
6	post	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 things	amod
8	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 post	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not post	present	angry people	false things					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, apps check truth before showing posts, so the ones at the top have passed the most checks

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 check	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	apps	app	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 check	nsubj
4	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 check	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 showing	mark
7	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 check	advcl
8	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 showing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 passed	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	17 passed	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ones	det
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 passed	nsubj:pass
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 top	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 top	det
15	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ones	nmod
16	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 passed	aux
17	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 check	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 checks	det
19	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 checks	amod
20	checks	check	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 passed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	check	present	apps	truth	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme
2	show	gerund	apps not said here	posts	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent post=Recipient
3	pass	present · perfect · passive		the ones at the top	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient check=Theme

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