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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the extent to which a claim is shared online. Exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 4 · Viral facts and chain messages

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the extent to which a claim is shared online.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, share · **To what, where:** response, extent, claim

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the extent to which a claim is shared online.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
20	online	online	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the extent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus extent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **share** | present · passive |  | a claim |  |  |  | to the extent; online *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Its sharing by a celebrity establishes its truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e4:o1:1
# text = Its sharing by a celebrity establishes its truth
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	celebrity	celebrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	establishes	establish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present | Its sharing by a celebrity | sharing's truth |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its sharing by a million persons conclusively establishes its truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e4:o2:1
# text = Its sharing by a million persons conclusively establishes its truth
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	establishes	establish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present | Its sharing by million persons | sharing's truth |  |  |  | conclusively *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The frequency of its sharing does not establish its truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e4:o3:1
# text = The frequency of its sharing does not establish its truth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frequency	frequency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **establish** | present · do-support | the frequency of frequency's sharing | frequency's truth |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A claim widely shared is invariably false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:e4:o4:1
# text = A claim widely shared is invariably false
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  | a claim *not said here* |  |  |  | widely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a claim |  |  |  |  | false, invariably *property* | tree rules |

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**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.

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