--- title: What would happen if everyone believed every headline without readin… — Politicians and promises, as the news… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everyone believed every headline without reading the story? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/t6/) [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/) / [Politicians and promises, as the news…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them What would happen if everyone believed every headline without reading the story? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, believe, read · **To what, where:** headline, story This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» 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/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t6:1 # text = What would happen if everyone believed every headline without reading the story? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 headline headline NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everyone | every headline | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headline=Stimulus | | 3 | **read** | gerund | everyone *not said here* | the story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | 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} Many people would believe things that aren't so ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t6:o1:1 # text = Many people would believe things that aren't so 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | would | Many people | things | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Newspapers would stop having headlines on the front page ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t6:o2:1 # text = Newspapers would stop having headlines on the front page 1 Newspapers newspaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 headlines headline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | Newspapers | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Newspapers *not said here* | headlines | | the front page | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headline=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Everyone would know the full truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t6:o3:1 # text = Everyone would know the full truth 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | Everyone | the full truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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