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description: "omg my cousin literally showed me a video of an Aussie toilet going backwards, so it's TRUE" What's wrong with that proof? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

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"omg my cousin literally showed me a video of an Aussie toilet going backwards, so it's TRUE" What's wrong with that proof?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Aussie toilet · **What happens:** show, go, be · **To what, where:** video, me

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t2:1
# text = "omg my cousin literally showed me a video of an Aussie toilet going backwards, so it's TRUE" What's wrong with that proof?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	omg	omg	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	_
22	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** *in a quote* | past | my cousin | a video of a Aussie toilet | me |  |  | literally *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient video=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | a Aussie toilet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that proof; wrong *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Toilets go either way anywhere; one video doesn't show the cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t2:o1:1
# text = Toilets go either way anywhere; one video doesn't show the cause
1	Toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Toilets | either way |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **show** | present · do-support | one video | the cause |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cause=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Videos from Australia are filmed upside down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t2:o2:1
# text = Videos from Australia are filmed upside down
1	Videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	filmed	film	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film down** | present · passive |  | Videos from Australia |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nothing, a video always proves the cause, so it must be totally true

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, a video always proves the cause, so it must be totally true
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | Nothing | the cause |  |  |  | always *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | must | cause |  |  |  |  | totally, true *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the cousin's toilet works that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t2:o4:1
# text = Only the cousin's toilet works that way
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the cousin's toilet | that way |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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