Test 5 · How to check: who, how, who else
A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." What is the better version?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, one news site, site, better version · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fake | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 has | mark |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 one | advmod |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 site | nummod |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 site | compound |
| 10 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 fake | advcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 story | det |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 has | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 fake | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 fake | cop |
| 17 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 % | nummod |
| 18 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 19 fake | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 fake | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | one news site | a story | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | site | fake 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 better version?
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 version | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 version | amod |
| 5 | version | version | 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 better version | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stories are only real if they are on one site
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 real | advmod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 site | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 site | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 site | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 site | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 site | nummod |
| 10 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 real | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Stories | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | Stories = story | one site | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It might be a real scoop, so wait before deciding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scoop | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 scoop | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 scoop | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 scoop | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 scoop | amod |
| 6 | scoop | scoop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wait | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 wait | advmod |
| 9 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 scoop | parataxis |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 deciding | mark |
| 11 | deciding | decide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | might | It | a real scoop | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | decide | gerund | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She is right, single-site stories are always fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fake | punct |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 site | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 single | punct |
| 7 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stories | compound |
| 8 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fake | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fake | cop |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 fake | advmod |
| 11 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | site stories | always, fake property | tree rules |
Option 4
One site is enough to prove anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 site | nummod |
| 2 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enough | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 enough | cop |
| 4 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 prove | mark |
| 6 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 enough | advcl |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 prove | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | One site | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | One site not said here | anything | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
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