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title: Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns,… — Climate: hot summers and hot arguments · tree and pragmatics
description: Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns, the painting's toast». What was reported? Test 7 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 7 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments

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Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns, the painting's toast». What was reported?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, soup · **What happens:** write, be, report · **To what, where:** soup video, clowns

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This is test 7 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» 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/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns, the painting's toast».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:1
# text = Under the soup video someone writes: «those soup people are clowns, the painting's toast».
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	clowns	clown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | someone |  |  | the soup video |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that soup | clowns |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What was reported?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:2
# text = What was reported?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **report** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The painting was destroyed completely and could never be shown again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:o1:1
# text = The painting was destroyed completely and could never be shown again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | the painting |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **show** | could · passive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The soup was really paint remover, so the colours came off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:o2:1
# text = The soup was really paint remover, so the colours came off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	paint	paint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	remover	remover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADV	RB	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the soup |  |  |  |  | paint *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come off** | past | the colours |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The painting was behind glass and was not damaged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:o3:1
# text = The painting was behind glass and was not damaged
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the painting |  |  | glass |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **damage** | past · passive | the painting *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The painting was in Paris, not London, so the video was fake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t7:o4:1
# text = The painting was in Paris, not London, so the video was fake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the painting |  |  | Paris |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the video |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | 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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