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title: "I'm dead, he tripped on the stairs, he's way too old to be in charg… — Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head… · tree and pragmatics
description: "I'm dead, he tripped on the stairs, he's way too old to be in charge" — what is the fair reply? Test 3 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 3 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

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"I'm dead, he tripped on the stairs, he's way too old to be in charge" — what is the fair reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, he · **What happens:** be, trip · **To what, where:** stairs, way, charge, fair reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» 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/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t3:1
# text = "I'm dead, he tripped on the stairs, he's way too old to be in charge" — what is the fair reply?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tripped	trip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trip** *in a quote* | past | he |  |  | the stairs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | charge |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the fair reply |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, because the clip went viral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, because the clip went viral
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	viral	viral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the clip |  |  |  |  | viral *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, tripping once proves he cannot lead the country any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, tripping once proves he cannot lead the country any more
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tripping	trip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	any	any	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | present | tripping |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **lead** | can | he | the country |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |

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

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One trip is one moment, not proof of how he does his job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t3:o3:1
# text = One trip is one moment, not proof of how he does his job
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | One trip | one moment and proof |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, real leaders never trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, real leaders never trip
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	trip	trip	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trip** | present | real leaders |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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