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title: An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears… — Too-good-to-be-true offers, online sca… · tree and pragmatics
description: An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears thousands of times. What should you keep in mind? Test 8 · ★★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…

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An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears thousands of times. What should you keep in mind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** idea, same post, you · **What happens:** seem, be, appear, keep · **To what, where:** thousands, mind

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears thousands of times.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:1
# text = An idea seems to be everywhere online because the same post appears thousands of times.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	xcomp	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | a idea |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | a idea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **appear** | present | the same post | thousands of times |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thousand=Theme |

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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 keep in mind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:2
# text = What should you keep in mind?
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	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | you |  |  | mind |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme in mind=Location |

## The options {#options}

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

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Bots can make an idea look more popular than it really is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:o1:1
# text = Bots can make an idea look more popular than it really is
1	Bots	bot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Bots | a idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | a idea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | popular *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **be** | present | Bots *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Anything posted thousands of times must be true, or someone would have stopped it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:o2:1
# text = Anything posted thousands of times must be true, or someone would have stopped it
1	Anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
2	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
14	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | participle |  | thousands of times |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | must | Anything |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | would · perfect | someone | it |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Popular posts are checked by experts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:o3:1
# text = Popular posts are checked by experts
1	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	posts	post	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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · passive | experts | Popular posts |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only real people can post online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:314-too-good-offers-scams-and-checking-news:t8:o4:1
# text = Only real people can post online
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	post	post	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | can | real people |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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