--- title: A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics description: A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER, we're doomed!" Is this news or opinion? 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Is this news or opinion? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** TV presenter, This · **What happens:** yell, be, doom · **To what, where:** DISASTER, we, news · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER, we're doomed!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:1 # text = A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER, we're doomed!" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 presenter presenter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 yells yell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 DISASTER disaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 EVER ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 18 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | a TV presenter | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | a DISASTER | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **doom** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | 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:* Is this news or opinion? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:2 # text = Is this news or opinion? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | this news or opinion | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A forecast from the weather office ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:o1:1 # text = A forecast from the weather office 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 forecast forecast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Opinion: it tells you what he thinks ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:o2:1 # text = Opinion: it tells you what he thinks 1 Opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Opinion | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A court ruling read out on TV ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:o3:1 # text = A court ruling read out on TV 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 ruling rule VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read out** | gerund · passive | | a court | | TV | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} News: it tells you what has happened ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:t9:o4:1 # text = News: it tells you what has happened 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | News | News *not said here* | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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