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title: Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics
description: Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked. Which evidence matters more? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

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Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked. Which evidence matters more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Beth, dad, evidence · **What happens:** say, fake, matter · **To what, where:** Moon landing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:1
# text = Beth says her brother's mate's dad at NASA says the Moon landing was faked.
1	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	NASA	NASA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	faked	fake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Beth |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Beth's brother's mate's dad at NASA |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fake** | past · passive |  | the Moon landing |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* Which evidence matters more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:2
# text = Which evidence matters more?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | which evidence |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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How many people online believe it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:o1:1
# text = How many people online believe it
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	online	online	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | many people | it |  |  |  | online *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mirrors left on the Moon that scientists still use today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:o2:1
# text = Mirrors left on the Moon that scientists still use today
1	Mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | Mirrors *not said here* |  | the Moon |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on moon=Location |
| 2 | **use** | present | scientists | Mirrors |  |  | still; today |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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What the dad told the brother's mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:o3:1
# text = What the dad told the brother's mate
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the dad |  | the brother's mate |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient what=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the photos look a bit strange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t8:o4:1
# text = That the photos look a bit strange
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the photos |  |  |  |  | strange *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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