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title: "giraffes have the same neck bones as us lol, fake" Who is right? — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics
description: "giraffes have the same neck bones as us lol, fake" Who is right? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

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"giraffes have the same neck bones as us lol, fake" Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giraffes, fake · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** same neck bones

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t6:1
# text = "giraffes have the same neck bones as us lol, fake" Who is right?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
14	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | giraffes | the same neck bones |  |  |  | as us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | fake |  |  |  |  | right *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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Nobody knows because giraffes are too tall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t6:o1:1
# text = Nobody knows because giraffes are too tall
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | giraffes |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The viral fact: both have seven neck bones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t6:o2:1
# text = The viral fact: both have seven neck bones
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	viral	viral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the viral fact | seven neck bones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Your mate: giraffes have far more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t6:o3:1
# text = Your mate: giraffes have far more
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | giraffes | more |  |  |  | Your mate *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither: giraffes have none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t6:o4:1
# text = Neither: giraffes have none
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	giraffes	giraffe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | neither giraffes | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |

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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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