Test 3 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

"she's well mardy cos I said that footballer quote's fake" — no interview has the words. Who is more likely right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, interview · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: words, likely right · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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: "she's well mardy cos I said that footballer quote's fake" — no interview has the words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mardy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mardy	aux
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 mardy	advmod
5	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mardy	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 fake	mark
10	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quote	compound
11	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fake	nsubj
12	's	's	PART	_	11 quote	case
13	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 said	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 has	punct
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 interview	det
17	interview	interview	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 has	nsubj
18	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mardy	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 words	det
20	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 has	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	I						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	no interview	the words					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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: Who is more likely right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 right	amod
5	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is, because his face is on it, and nobody would dare to use a footballer's face for a fake

The tree, 21 words

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	2 is	nsubj
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 it	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 it	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 it	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 it	cop
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 is	expl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dare	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dare	cc
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 dare	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 dare	aux
14	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 it	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 use	mark
16	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dare	xcomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 footballer	det
18	footballer	footballer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 face	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 footballer	case
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 use	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 fake	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 fake	det
23	fake	fake	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	She				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	his face		face		tree rules
3	dare	would	nobody				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	use	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	a footballer's face		for a fake	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent face=Theme for fake=Eventuality

Option 2

Nobody, quotes can never be checked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 checked	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 quotes	punct
3	quotes	quote	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nobody	conj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 checked	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 checked	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 checked	aux:pass
7	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	can · passive		Nobody					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You, because a real quote can be found with when and where

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 found	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 quote	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 quote	amod
6	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 found	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 found	aux:pass
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 when	case
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 found	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 where	cc
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 when	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can · passive		You					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

Both, because quotes can be half real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 real	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Both	punct
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 quotes	case
4	quotes	quote	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Both	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 real	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 real	cop
7	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 real	advmod
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Both					half, real property	tree rules

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