--- title: Spooky music, a grey photo and a deep voice say a candidate "can't b… — Adverts, slogans and polls · tree and pragmatics description: Spooky music, a grey photo and a deep voice say a candidate "can't be trusted". What should you ask? 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What should you ask? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Spooky music, you · **What happens:** say, not trust, ask · **To what, where:** candidate · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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/12-adverts-slogans-and-polls/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Spooky music, a grey photo and a deep voice say a candidate "can't be trusted". ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:1 # text = Spooky music, a grey photo and a deep voice say a candidate "can't be trusted". 1 Spooky spooky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 photo photo NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 11 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 candidate candidate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Spooky music and a grey photo and a deep voice | a candidate | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent candidate=Topic | | 2 | **not** **trust** *in a quote* | can · passive | | a candidate *not said here* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should you ask? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:2 # text = What should you ask? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | you | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Which song is playing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:o1:1 # text = Which song is playing? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · progressive | which song | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} What real evidence is there behind it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:o2:1 # text = What real evidence is there behind it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 6 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | evidence | | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Who is the narrator? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:o3:1 # text = Who is the narrator? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the narrator | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Why is the photo grey? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:12-adverts-slogans-and-polls:t4:o4:1 # text = Why is the photo grey? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 is 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 photo photo NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the photo grey | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | **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. 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