--- title: What would happen if everyone read only headlines? — Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everyone read only headlines? Test 5 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/) / t5 # Test 5 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines What would happen if everyone read only headlines? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, read · **To what, where:** headlines This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t5:1 # text = What would happen if everyone read only headlines? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 headlines headline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everyone | headlines | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headline=Topic | 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 {#o1} Headlines would start saying "maybe" more ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t5:o1:1 # text = Headlines would start saying "maybe" more 1 Headlines headline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | Headlines | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Headlines *not said here* | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Everyone would know the full story, because headlines say everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t5:o2:1 # text = Everyone would know the full story, because headlines say everything 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 headlines headline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | would | Everyone | the full story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | headlines | everything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} News sites would stop making money ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t5:o3:1 # text = News sites would stop making money 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sites site NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | News sites | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | gerund | News sites *not said here* | money | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stronger claims than the stories say would spread ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t5:o4:1 # text = Stronger claims than the stories say would spread 1 Stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 claims claim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 than than SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the stories | Stronger claims *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent claim=Topic | | 2 | **spread** | would | Stronger claims | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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