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title: A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!». Why s… — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!». Why should you doubt it? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 2 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

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A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!». Why should you doubt it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video, leaf, you · **What happens:** say, cure, break, doubt · **To what, where:** colds, leaf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:1
# text = A video says «This leaf cures colds, cancer and broken legs!».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	colds	cold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a video |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cure** *in a quote* | present | this leaf | colds and cancer and broken legs |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer cold=Source |
| 3 | **break** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* Why should you doubt it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:2
# text = Why should you doubt it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | should | you | leaf |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Real medicines are tested and work for specific problems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:o1:1
# text = Real medicines are tested and work for specific problems
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · passive |  | Real medicines |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for specific problems | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for problem=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Doctors don't like leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:o2:1
# text = Doctors don't like leaves
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | Doctors | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot leaf=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Videos are never about health

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:o3:1
# text = Videos are never about health
1	Videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Videos |  |  |  |  | about health | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leaves are too small and too weak to help anyone get better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t2:o4:1
# text = Leaves are too small and too weak to help anyone get better
1	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Leaves |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Leaves *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | Leaves *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | infinitive | anyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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