---
title: my mate says a headline said "school holidays cancelled forever" so… — Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says a headline said "school holidays cancelled forever" so it's true. what's likely Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/t13/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/) / t13

# Test 13 · ★★ · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says a headline said "school holidays cancelled forever" so it's true. what's likely

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, headline · **What happens:** say, cancel, be · **To what, where:** school holidays · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» 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/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t13:1
# text = my mate says a headline said "school holidays cancelled forever" so it's true. what's likely
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	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	5	det	_	_
5	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a headline | school holidays |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent holiday=Topic |
| 3 | **cancel** *in a quote* | participle |  | school holidays *not said here* |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | headline |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Headlines mislead; read beyond them and check other trusted sources

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t13:o1:1
# text = Headlines mislead; read beyond them and check other trusted sources
1	Headlines	headline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mislead	mislead	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mislead** | present | Headlines |  |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | beyond Headlines *= headline* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive |  | other trusted sources |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
| 4 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If it's online in big letters it's real, they can't just make that up

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t13:o2:1
# text = If it's online in big letters it's real, they can't just make that up
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	online	online	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	obj	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  | big letters |  | online *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it | big letters *not said here* |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **make up** | can | letters *= letter* | that |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Headlines are always true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t13:o3:1
# text = Headlines are always true
1	Headlines	headline	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Headlines |  |  |  |  | always, true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Holidays are being cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t13:o4:1
# text = Holidays are being cancelled
1	Holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | present · passive |  | Holidays |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/t12/)
- next →: [Fake websites, fake news and bots, ski…, test 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/t14/)
- ↑ back to [Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust/)

