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title: In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV… — The news: who makes it and how · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV with nobody checking. What should be put right? Test 9 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; M
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# Test 9 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how

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In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV with nobody checking. What should be put right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reporter, nobody · **What happens:** make up, go, check, put · **To what, where:** story, cartoon, TV

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV with nobody checking.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a reporter makes up a story and it goes straight on TV with nobody checking.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reporter	reporter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	19	nsubj	_	_
19	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | present | a reporter | a story |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot |
| 2 | **go** | present | reporter |  |  | TV |  | straight *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on tv=Location |
| 3 | **check** | gerund | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 should be put right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:2
# text = What should be put right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |

## The options {#options}

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

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Editors check stories and choose what goes in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:o1:1
# text = Editors check stories and choose what goes in
1	Editors	editor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | Editors | stories |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | infinitive | Editors *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go in** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Viewers write all the news themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:o2:1
# text = Viewers write all the news themselves
1	Viewers	viewer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Viewers | all news |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent news=Recipient themselves=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The King checks every news story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:o3:1
# text = The King checks every news story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | the King | every news story |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reporters can say anything with no checking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:10-the-news-who-makes-it-and-how:t9:o4:1
# text = Reporters can say anything with no checking
1	Reporters	reporter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	checking	checking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | Reporters | anything |  |  |  | with no checking | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent anything=Theme with checking=Manner |

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