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title: A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're d… — The news: who makes it and how · tree and pragmatics
description: A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're dead dodgy, la." ("Dead dodgy" means really untrustworthy.) What's the fairer view? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 4 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how

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A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're dead dodgy, la." ("Dead dodgy" means really untrustworthy.) What's the fairer view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Liverpool lad, paper, they, Dead dodgy, fairer view · **What happens:** say, print, be, mean · **To what, where:** correction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics 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/politics/10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're dead dodgy, la." ("Dead dodgy" means really untrustworthy.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:1
# text = A Liverpool lad says, "That paper printed a correction, so they're dead dodgy, la." ("Dead dodgy" means really untrustworthy.)
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	printed	print	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	la.	La.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
26	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
27	really	really	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	untrustworthy	untrustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Liverpool lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **print** *in a quote* | past | that paper | a correction |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  | la. *obl*; dodgy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | Dead dodgy |  |  |  |  | untrustworthy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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:* What's the fairer view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:2
# text = What's the fairer view?
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	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fairer view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, any single mistake means you should never trust them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:o1:1
# text = He's right, any single mistake means you should never trust them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | any single mistake |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **trust** | should | you | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Printing corrections shows they care about accuracy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:o2:1
# text = Printing corrections shows they care about accuracy
1	Printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	corrections	correction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Printing corrections |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **care** | present | corrections *= correction* |  |  |  |  | about accuracy | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about accuracy=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Corrections mean the paper made the whole story up from nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:o3:1
# text = Corrections mean the paper made the whole story up from nothing
1	Corrections	correction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Corrections |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | past | the paper | the whole story |  | nothing |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset story=Product from nothing=Material |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Papers that print corrections should be closed down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t4:o4:1
# text = Papers that print corrections should be closed down
1	Papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	print	print	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	corrections	correction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **print** | present | Papers | corrections |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Theme |
| 2 | **close down** | should · passive |  | Papers |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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