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title: "lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should… — Viral facts and chain messages · tree and pragmatics
description: "lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should you think? Test 8 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages

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"lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should you think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lemon water, fav influencer, you · **What happens:** melt, say, think · **To what, where:** belly fat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t8:1
# text = "lemon water melts belly fat, my fav influencer said so" What should you think?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fav	fav	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	influencer	influencer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
15	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** *in a quote* | present | lemon water | belly fat |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fat=Result |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my fav influencer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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It works but only on Tuesdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t8:o1:1
# text = It works but only on Tuesdays
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Tuesdays	Tuesday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It works, influencers always check facts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t8:o2:1
# text = It works, influencers always check facts
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	influencers	influencer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **check** | present | influencers | facts |  |  |  | always *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No drink melts fat; the influencer may be selling something

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t8:o3:1
# text = No drink melts fat; the influencer may be selling something
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	influencer	influencer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | no drink | fat |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fat=Result |
| 2 | **sell** | may · progressive | the influencer | something |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Drinking lemon water makes you thinner overnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:25-viral-facts-and-chain-messages:t8:o4:1
# text = Drinking lemon water makes you thinner overnight
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | lemon water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Drinking | you |  |  |  | overnight, thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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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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