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Test 8 · How to check: who, how, who else

In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it? Which real skill is that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: detective, questions · What happens: ask, see, know, do, be · To what, where: three questions, cartoon, detective, anyone, that

This is test 8 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: In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it?

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	7 asks	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 detective	det
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 questions	nummod
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asks	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 asks	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 know	advmod
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 know	aux
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 know	nsubj
18	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 saw	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 did	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 did	cc
21	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 saw	conj
22	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 did	obj
23	else	else	ADV	_	22 anyone	advmod
24	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 anyone	acl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 see	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a detective	three questions		a cartoon			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
2	see	past		detective					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	know	present · do-support	questions = question						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	do	past		anyone					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Eventuality
5	see	infinitive		detective					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: Which real skill is that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 skill	nsubj
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skill	amod
3	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 that	cop
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 skill	nmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 skill	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

Writing clickbait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	clickbait	clickbait	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		clickbait					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clickbait=Theme

Option 2

Making a deepfake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 deepfake	det
3	deepfake	deepfake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a deepfake					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deepfake=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Checking a claim before believing it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 claim	det
3	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Checking	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 believing	mark
5	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Checking	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	gerund		a claim					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	believe	gerund		claim					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Starting a rumour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rumour	det
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund		a rumour					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality

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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