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title: "screenshot of the BBC says they're banning bikes, so it's legit inn… — Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head… · tree and pragmatics
description: "screenshot of the BBC says they're banning bikes, so it's legit innit" — how do you check? Test 9 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
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# Test 9 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

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"screenshot of the BBC says they're banning bikes, so it's legit innit" — how do you check?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they, BBC, you · **What happens:** say, ban, be, check · **To what, where:** screenshot, bikes, legit innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t9:1
# text = "screenshot of the BBC says they're banning bikes, so it's legit innit" — how do you check?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	BBC	BBC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	banning	ban	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
10	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	legit	legit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
20	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | screenshot |  |  |  | of the BBC | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ban** *in a quote* | present · progressive | they | bikes |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bike=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | BBC | legit innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **check** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Share it and see if anyone complains about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t9:o1:1
# text = Share it and see if anyone complains about it
1	Share	share	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
7	complains	complain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **complain** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anyone |  |  |  |  | about it | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Zoom in on the screenshot to see the letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t9:o2:1
# text = Zoom in on the screenshot to see the letters
1	Zoom	zoom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the letters |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trust it, a screenshot is the same as the page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t9:o3:1
# text = Trust it, a screenshot is the same as the page
1	Trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a screenshot |  |  |  |  | as the page; same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Search the real BBC site for that headline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait:t9:o4:1
# text = Search the real BBC site for that headline
1	Search	search	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	BBC	BBC	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | imperative | you *not said here* | the real BBC site |  |  |  | for that headline | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent site=Location for headline=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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