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title: Two websites disagree about whether searing meat seals in juices. Wh… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics
description: Two websites disagree about whether searing meat seals in juices. What's the best way to decide? Test 9 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choi
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources

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Two websites disagree about whether searing meat seals in juices. What's the best way to decide?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two websites, best way · **What happens:** disagree, sear, be, decide · **To what, where:** meat seals

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two websites disagree about whether searing meat seals in juices.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:1
# text = Two websites disagree about whether searing meat seals in juices.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	websites	website	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	searing	sear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	juices	juice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | Two websites |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sear** | gerund | Two websites *not said here* | meat seals |  |  |  | in juices | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent seal=Patient in juice=Instrument |

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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 the best way to decide?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:2
# text = What's the best way to decide?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive | the best way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pick the one with the nicest and brightest pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:o1:1
# text = Pick the one with the nicest and brightest pictures
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	nicest	nice	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	brightest	bright	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
9	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the one |  |  |  | with the nicest pictures | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pick the one that your best friend likes the most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:o2:1
# text = Pick the one that your best friend likes the most
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the one |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **like** | present | your best friend | the one |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pick the one that comes up first when you search

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:o3:1
# text = Pick the one that comes up first when you search
1	Pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	search	search	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the one |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **come up** | present | the one |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **search** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Look for one that tested it and explains how

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:t9:o4:1
# text = Look for one that tested it and explains how
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tested	test	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for one | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme |
| 2 | **test** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «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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