--- title: A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." Wh… — How to check: who, how, who else · tree and pragmatics description: A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." What is the better version? Test 5 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» 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/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/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/) / [How to check: who, how, who else](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/) / t5 # Test 5 · How to check: who, how, who else A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." What is the better version? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, one news site, site, better version · **What happens:** say, have, be · **To what, where:** story · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» 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/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:1 # text = A girl says, "If only one news site has a story, it's 100% fake." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | one news site | a story | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | site | | | | | fake *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the better version? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:2 # text = What is the better version? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 version version NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the better version | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Stories are only real if they are on one site ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:o1:1 # text = Stories are only real if they are on one site 1 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Stories | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Stories *= story* | | | one site | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It might be a real scoop, so wait before deciding ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:o2:1 # text = It might be a real scoop, so wait before deciding 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 scoop scoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 deciding decide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | might | It | a real scoop | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **decide** | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is right, single-site stories are always fake ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:o3:1 # text = She is right, single-site stories are always fake 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 fake fake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | site stories | | | | | always, fake *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} One site is enough to prove anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t5:o4:1 # text = One site is enough to prove anything 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | One site | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **prove** | to-infinitive | One site *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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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