--- title: Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily… — The check that settles it · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily». What's wise? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/t3/) [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/) / [The check that settles it](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · The check that settles it Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily». What's wise? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle, schools · **What happens:** share, ban, be · **To what, where:** BREAKING, homework, LOL News Daily · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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/451-the-check-that-settles-it/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:1 # text = Uncle shares: «BREAKING: schools ban homework!» from «LOL News Daily». 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shares share VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 BREAKING breaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ban ban VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 LOL LOL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 News News PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Daily Daily ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Uncle | BREAKING | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ban** *in a quote* | present | schools | homework | | LOL News Daily | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer homework=Beneficiary from daily=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's wise? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:2 # text = What's wise? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Check trusted news first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:o1:1 # text = Check trusted news first 1 Check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | trusted news | | | | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Share it with everyone in the class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:o2:1 # text = Share it with everyone in the class 1 Share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with everyone | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Believe it — it says breaking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:o3:1 # text = Believe it — it says breaking 1 Believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 — - PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **break** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stop doing homework at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:451-the-check-that-settles-it:t3:o4:1 # text = Stop doing homework at once 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | gerund | you *not said here* | homework | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality | **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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