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title: It is given that a newspaper headline asserts that chocolate renders… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a newspaper headline asserts that chocolate renders persons more intelligent. Determine the most appropriate course of action. Exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Where did you read that? Checking sources

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It is given that a newspaper headline asserts that chocolate renders persons more intelligent. Determine the most appropriate course of action.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** newspaper headline, you · **What happens:** give, assert, determine · **To what, where:** It, appropriate course

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a newspaper headline asserts that chocolate renders persons more intelligent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:1
# text = It is given that a newspaper headline asserts that chocolate renders persons more intelligent.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	asserts	assert	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	renders	render	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **assert** | present | a newspaper headline |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=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:* Determine the most appropriate course of action.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:2
# text = Determine the most appropriate course of action.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Consult the article and ascertain the scale and subjects of the study

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:o1:1
# text = Consult the article and ascertain the scale and subjects of the study
1	Consult	consult	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | imperative | you *not said here* | the article |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **ascertain** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the scale and subjects of the study |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scale=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Accept the assertion upon the authority of the newspaper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:o2:1
# text = Accept the assertion upon the authority of the newspaper
1	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | the assertion |  |  |  | upon the authority of the newspaper | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assertion=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Increase one's consumption of chocolate forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:o3:1
# text = Increase one's consumption of chocolate forthwith
1	Increase	increase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | imperative | you *not said here* | one's consumption of chocolate |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer consumption=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** |  | one | chocolate |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reject all newspapers as sources henceforth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e4:o4:1
# text = Reject all newspapers as sources henceforth
1	Reject	reject	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | imperative | you *not said here* | all newspapers |  |  |  | as sources; henceforth *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Theme |

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