Test 8 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance
In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her. What is that like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: magic mirror, she, everyone, that · What happens: tell, be, love · To what, where: queen, cartoon, her · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a magic mirror only ever tells the queen she is right and everyone loves her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tells | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mirror | det |
| 6 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mirror | amod |
| 7 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tells | nsubj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 ever | advmod |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 tells | advmod |
| 10 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 queen | det |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tells | obj |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 right | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 right | cop |
| 15 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tells | ccomp |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 loves | cc |
| 17 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 18 loves | nsubj |
| 18 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 right | conj |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 loves | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | a magic mirror | the queen | a cartoon | ever | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient | ||
| 2 | is | present | she | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | love | present | everyone | her = she | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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 that like?
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 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 3 that | discourse |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An echo chamber that only repeats your own view
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chamber | det |
| 2 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chamber | compound |
| 3 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 repeats | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 repeats | advmod |
| 6 | repeats | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chamber | acl:relcl |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 view | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 view | amod |
| 9 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 repeats | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | present | a echo chamber | your own view | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | view | your | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
A correction of the queen's mistakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 correction | det |
| 2 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mistakes | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mistakes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 queen | case |
| 7 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 correction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct | the queen's mistakes | nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | mistake | the queen | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
A public debate with two sides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 debate | det |
| 2 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 debate | amod |
| 3 | debate | debate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sides | case |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 sides | nummod |
| 6 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 debate | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A fact-checker giving a fair rating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 checker | det |
| 2 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 checker | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 fact | punct |
| 4 | checker | checker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 checker | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rating | det |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rating | amod |
| 8 | rating | rating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | a fact checker not said here | a fair rating | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rating=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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