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# Test 6 · ★★ · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…

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A boy hears his family planning a surprise party for his dad. At dinner, his dad asks, «Anything happening this weekend?» What is the kind answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, family, dad, kind answer · **What happens:** hear, plan, ask, happen, be · **To what, where:** family, surprise party, Anything, dinner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy hears his family planning a surprise party for his dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:1
# text = A boy hears his family planning a surprise party for his dad.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | a boy | boy's family |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |
| 2 | **plan** | gerund | boy's family *not said here* | a surprise party |  |  |  | for boy's dad | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic |

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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:* At dinner, his dad asks, «Anything happening this weekend?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:2
# text = At dinner, his dad asks, «Anything happening this weekend?»
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
10	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	weekend	weekend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | boy's dad | Anything |  | dinner |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient |
| 2 | **happen** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | weekend |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the kind answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:3
# text = What is the kind answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the kind answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep the surprise and talk about something else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:o1:1
# text = Keep the surprise and talk about something else
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the surprise |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about something | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tell him all about the party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:o2:1
# text = Tell him all about the party
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | about the party | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about party=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say «I can't say, it's a secret party for you!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:o3:1
# text = Say «I can't say, it's a secret party for you!»
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a secret party |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laugh and point at the cupboard with the cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:335-fake-websites-fake-news-bots-skipping-class-surprises-and-trust:t6:o4:1
# text = Laugh and point at the cupboard with the cake
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	point	point	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **point** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the cupboard |  | with the cake | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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