Test 2 · How to check: who, how, who else

Finn's grandad: "I saw it on the internet, so it must be true." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, internet, best reply · What happens: see, be · To what, where: it, internet

This is test 2 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» 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: Finn's grandad: "I saw it on the internet, so it must be true."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grandad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Finn	case
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 saw	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 saw	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 internet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 internet	det
11	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 true	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 true	nsubj
15	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 true	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 true	cop
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 saw	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	Finn's grandad	it		the internet			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	must	internet					true property	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.

Sentence 2: What is the best reply?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The internet is always false, so ignore anything you read on it, even the weather

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 internet	det
2	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 false	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 false	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 false	advmod
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ignore	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 ignore	advmod
8	ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 false	parataxis
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 ignore	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 read	nsubj
11	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 anything	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 read	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 weather	punct
15	even	even	ADV	_	17 weather	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 weather	det
17	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the internet			always, false property	tree rules
2	ignore	infinitive		anything		the weather obl	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
3	read	present	you		internet		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

You are right, the internet is always true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 true	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 internet	det
6	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 true	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 true	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 true	advmod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	the internet					always, true property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Only true things are allowed on the internet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 things	advmod
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 internet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 internet	det
8	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		true things		the internet			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Let's check who said it, how they know and who else reports it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 check	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 know	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 know	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 reports	cc
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 reports	nsubj
13	else	else	ADV	_	12 who	advmod
14	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 reports	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's	tree rules
2	check	infinitive	's not said here		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past		it	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	know	present	they		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	report	present		it	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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