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description: "nah Macs can't get viruses mate, my sister said" What's the right correction? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks

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"nah Macs can't get viruses mate, my sister said" What's the right correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Macs, sister · **What happens:** not get, say, be · **To what, where:** viruses, right correction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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/30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t6:1
# text = "nah Macs can't get viruses mate, my sister said" What's the right correction?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
3	Macs	mac	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | can | Macs | viruses |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the right correction |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Viruses only attack phones now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t6:o1:1
# text = Viruses only attack phones now
1	Viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | Viruses | phones |  |  | now |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Macs get more viruses than any computer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t6:o2:1
# text = Macs get more viruses than any computer
1	Macs	mac	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Macs | more viruses |  |  |  | than any computer | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Windows computers can ever get a computer virus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t6:o3:1
# text = Only Windows computers can ever get a computer virus
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Windows	window	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	computer	computer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	virus	virus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **window** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | can | computers | a computer virus |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus |

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

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They can, they're just attacked less often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:30-how-would-we-know-asking-experts-and-spotting-tricks:t6:o4:1
# text = They can, they're just attacked less often
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	attacked	attack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | can · passive |  | They |  |  |  | often *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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