Test 9 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

Fatima says, "It's all over my feed, so everyone's seen it." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fatima, It, everyone · What happens: say, be, see · To what, where: feed · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Fatima says, "It's all over my feed, so everyone's seen it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fatima	Fatima	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feed	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 feed	punct
5	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feed	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 feed	cop
7	all	all	ADV	_	10 feed	advmod
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 feed	case
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feed	nmod:poss
10	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 seen	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 seen	advmod
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 seen	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 seen	aux
15	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 seen	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Fatima				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	It		my feed	all property	tree rules
3	see in a quote	present · passive	everyone	feed			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Every feed shows the same posts to everyone, in the same order, at the same time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 feed	det
2	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 posts	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 posts	amod
6	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 shows	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 order	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 order	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 order	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 order	amod
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 time	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	every feed	the same posts	everyone			in the same order	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent post=Patient to everyone=Recipient in order=Topic

Option 2

Feeds are chosen by the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeds	feed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chosen	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chosen	aux:pass
3	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 government	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 government	det
6	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chosen	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · passive	the government	Feeds					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

Only famous people see different feeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeds	amod
6	feeds	feed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	famous people	different feeds					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feed=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Feeds are personalised, so others may not see it at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeds	feed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 personalised	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 personalised	aux:pass
3	personalised	personalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 personalised	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	personalis	present · passive		Feeds					tree rules
2	not see	may	others	it		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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