--- title: Why can a satire story fool some people? — Too-good-to-be-true offers, online sca… · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a satire story fool some people? Test 7 · ★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Too-good-to-be-true offers, online sca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the… Why can a satire story fool some people? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** satire story · **What happens:** fool · **To what, where:** people This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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/314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t7:1 # text = Why can a satire story fool some people? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 satire satire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fool fool VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fool** | can | a satire story | some people | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They do not realise it is a made-up joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t7:o1:1 # text = They do not realise it is a made-up joke 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 realise realise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **realise** | present · do-support | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | a made joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Satire stories are checked like real news ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t7:o2:1 # text = Satire stories are checked like real news 1 Satire satire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 stories story 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 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | present · passive | | Satire stories | | | | like real news | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Satire is always printed in capital letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t7:o3:1 # text = Satire is always printed in capital letters 1 Satire satire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 capital capital ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | present · passive | | Satire | | capital letters | | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Satire sites are secretly run by the government ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t7:o4:1 # text = Satire sites are secretly run by the government 1 Satire satire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sites site NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · passive | the government | Satire sites | | | | secretly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | **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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