Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★
A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: meme, Children · What happens: show, work · To what, where: face, mines · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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 meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 meme | det |
| 2 | meme | meme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 president | det |
| 5 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 face | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 president | case |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 words | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 words | det |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 face | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 work | punct |
| 12 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 work | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 work | aux |
| 14 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shows | parataxis |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 mines | case |
| 16 | mines | mine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 work | obl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 work | punct |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 date | punct |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 date | case |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 date | det |
| 21 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 work | parataxis |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 link | cc |
| 23 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 24 link | det |
| 24 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 date | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a meme | a president's face and the words | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent face=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | work in a quote | should | Children | mines | 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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Look for it in a report, video or speech first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Look | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 report | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 report | det |
| 6 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 video | punct |
| 8 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 report | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 speech | cc |
| 10 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 report | conj |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | a report and video or speech | for it; first property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme in report=Location |
Option 2
Share it with the words "can't believe this"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 words | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 words | det |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Share | obl |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 believe | punct |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 believe | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 believe | advmod |
| 9 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 words | acl:relcl |
| 10 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 believe | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | with the words | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not believe in a quote | can | the words not said here | this | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus |
Option 3
Decide it's true if it makes you angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Decide | ccomp |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 makes | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | nsubj |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Decide | advcl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | obj |
| 9 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make a condition, not said to happen | present | it | you | angry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |
Option 4
Believe it, because the face is real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 real | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 real | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 face | det |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 real | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | cop |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Believe | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the face | real property | tree rules |
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