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title: A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your lit… — Staying safe online and checking what… · tree and pragmatics
description: A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it. What should you explain? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

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A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it. What should you explain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** satire article, little brother, you · **What happens:** say, ban, believe, explain · **To what, where:** school banned homework, homework · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» of the everyday 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/everyday/283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:1
# text = A satire article says a school banned homework forever, and your little brother believes it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a satire article | school banned homework |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent homework=Topic |
| 2 | **ban** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **believe** | present | your little brother | homework |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should you explain?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:2
# text = What should you explain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is a joke article, not real news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:o1:1
# text = It is a joke article, not real news
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke article and real news |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Satire is just a sneaky type of lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:o2:1
# text = Satire is just a sneaky type of lying
1	Satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lying	lying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Satire | a sneaky type |  |  |  | of lying | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is real news from that very school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:o3:1
# text = It is real news from that very school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | real news |  | that school |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All articles with jokes are fake news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see:t9:o4:1
# text = All articles with jokes are fake news
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | all articles with jokes | fake news |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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