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title: In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would… — Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake". What trick is that? Test 7 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 qu
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# Test 7 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

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In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake". What trick is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sneaky fox, I · **What happens:** cut, say, not steal, steal, be · **To what, where:** video, cartoon, cake, trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, a sneaky fox cuts a video of the hero saying "I would never steal the cake" down to "steal the cake".
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
23	down	down	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | a sneaky fox | a video of the hero |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a sneaky fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **steal** *in a quote* | would | a sneaky fox *= fox* | the cake |  |  |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cake=Theme |
| 4 | **steal** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the cake |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cake=Theme |

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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 trick is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:2
# text = What trick is that?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | what trick |  |  |  | that *nmod* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Taking words out of context

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:o1:1
# text = Taking words out of context
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	context	context	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | words |  | context |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent word=Theme out context=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Making a fact-check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:o2:1
# text = Making a fact-check
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a fact check |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset check=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A live report

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:o3:1
# text = A live report
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Writing a correction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t7:o4:1
# text = Writing a correction
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | a correction |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correction=Theme |

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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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