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title: Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the… — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics
description: Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news. What's wise? Test 2 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

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Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news. What's wise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** group chat, famous singer, nothing, Your · **What happens:** say, die, be, chat · **To what, where:** news · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:1
# text = Your group chat says a famous singer has died, but nothing is on the news.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your group chat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **die** | present · perfect | a famous singer |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | present | nothing |  |  | the news |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **chat** |  | Your |  |  |  |  |  | nom chat «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wise?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o1}

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Delete the group chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:o1:1
# text = Delete the group chat
1	Delete	delete	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delete** | imperative | you *not said here* | the group chat |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Post that she died, everyone else is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:o2:1
# text = Post that she died, everyone else is
1	Post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Post |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | everyone |  |  |  | else *property* | tree rules |

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

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Wait for trusted news before believing or sharing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:o3:1
# text = Wait for trusted news before believing or sharing
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for trusted news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **believe** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **share** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Message her family to ask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t2:o4:1
# text = Message her family to ask
1	Message	message	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **message** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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