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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises satire such as that of The Onion? Exam question 1 of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises satire such as that of The Onion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** satire

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises satire such as that of The Onion?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	satire	satire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | satire |  |  |  | of the following statements; such that; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Government announcements in humorous form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:e1:o1:1
# text = Government announcements in humorous form
1	Government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	announcements	announcement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A form of advertising for newspapers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:e1:o2:1
# text = A form of advertising for newspapers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	advertising	advertising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** |  |  | advertising |  |  |  | for newspapers | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Factual news that has been carefully verified by professional journalists before publication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:e1:o3:1
# text = Factual news that has been carefully verified by professional journalists before publication
1	Factual	factual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	professional	professional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	journalists	journalist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** | present · perfect · passive | professional journalists | Factual news |  |  | before publication | carefully *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Invented news written as a joke, which may deceive those unaware of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:e1:o4:1
# text = Invented news written as a joke, which may deceive those unaware of it
1	Invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	unaware	unaware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  | Invented news *not said here* |  |  |  | as a joke | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as joke=Attribute |
| 3 | **deceive** | may | a joke | that unaware of unaware |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unaware=Patient |

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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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