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description: A tripping clip gets two million views and the news leads with it. Your mate says it must be the biggest story. What is wrong? Test 7 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 7 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

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A tripping clip gets two million views and the news leads with it. Your mate says it must be the biggest story. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tripping clip, news, mate · **What happens:** get, lead, say, be · **To what, where:** million views, biggest story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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/13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tripping clip gets two million views and the news leads with it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:1
# text = A tripping clip gets two million views and the news leads with it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tripping	tripping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | a tripping clip | million views |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lead** | present | the news |  |  |  |  | with clip | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

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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:* Your mate says it must be the biggest story.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:2
# text = Your mate says it must be the biggest story.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | must | mate | the biggest story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:3
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Popular is not the same as important

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:o1:1
# text = Popular is not the same as important
1	Popular	popular	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Popular |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The most viewed story is always the most important

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:o2:1
# text = The most viewed story is always the most important
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	_
3	viewed	view	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **view** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the viewed story |  |  |  |  | always, important *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The news only ever shows true stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:o3:1
# text = The news only ever shows true stories
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the news | true stories |  |  | ever |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tripping over is a political decision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:13-memes-clips-and-jokes-about-politicians:t7:o4:1
# text = Tripping over is a political decision
1	Tripping	trip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip over** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Tripping | a political decision |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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