--- title: "this vid shows a phone charging off an onion, 2 mil views" What doe… — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics description: "this vid shows a phone charging off an onion, 2 mil views" What does 2 million views prove? Test 10 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/t10/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Viral facts and chain messages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages "this vid shows a phone charging off an onion, 2 mil views" What does 2 million views prove? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vid, phone, 2 mil views · **What happens:** show, charge off, prove · **To what, where:** phone, onion · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» 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/25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t10:1 # text = "this vid shows a phone charging off an onion, 2 mil views" What does 2 million views prove? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 vid vid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 onion onion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 mil mil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 views view NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 16 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 17 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 18 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 compound _ _ 19 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 views view NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** *in a quote* | present | this vid | a phone | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent phone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **charge off** *in a quote* | gerund | a phone *not said here* | a onion | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location onion=Theme | | 3 | **prove** | present · do-support | 2 mil views | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} That the video must be from a scientist ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t10:o1:1 # text = That the video must be from a scientist 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 video video NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 scientist scientist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | that video | | | a scientist | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nothing; popular videos can be staged ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t10:o2:1 # text = Nothing; popular videos can be staged 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 videos video NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 staged stage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stage** | can · passive | | Nothing | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} That onions really charge phones ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t10:o3:1 # text = That onions really charge phones 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 onions onion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 charge charge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | present | that onions | phones | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location phone=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} That only big onions work ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t10:o4:1 # text = That only big onions work 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 onions onion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | That | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «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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