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title: A post says a famous actor has died «this morning», but the actor's… — Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: A post says a famous actor has died «this morning», but the actor's own account posted a minute ago. What is likely? Test 6 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 6 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

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A post says a famous actor has died «this morning», but the actor's own account posted a minute ago. What is likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** post, famous actor, actor · **What happens:** say, die, post, account, be · **To what, where:** own account · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A post says a famous actor has died «this morning», but the actor's own account posted a minute ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:1
# text = A post says a famous actor has died «this morning», but the actor's own account posted a minute ago.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a post |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **die** | present · perfect | a famous actor |  |  |  | morning |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **post** | participle · passive |  | the actor's own account |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **account** |  | the actor |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 is likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:2
# text = What is likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both are true at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:o1:1
# text = Both are true at once
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The actor's account is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:o2:1
# text = The actor's account is wrong
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the actor's account |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **account** |  | the actor |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is a hoax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:o3:1
# text = It is a hoax
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hoax	hoax	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 | It | a hoax |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The actor posted after dying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares:t6:o4:1
# text = The actor posted after dying
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actor	actor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | participle |  | the actor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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