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description: In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it? Which real skill is that? Test 8 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 e
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# Test 8 · How to check: who, how, who else

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In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it? Which real skill is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** detective, questions · **What happens:** ask, see, know, do, be · **To what, where:** three questions, cartoon, detective, anyone, that

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, a detective asks three questions: who saw it, how do they know, and did anyone else see it?
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	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
16	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
22	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	21	obj	_	_
23	else	else	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a detective | three questions |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | detective |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **know** | present · do-support | questions *= question* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **do** | past |  | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Eventuality |
| 5 | **see** | infinitive |  | detective |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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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:* Which real skill is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:2
# text = Which real skill is that?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Writing clickbait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:o1:1
# text = Writing clickbait
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	clickbait	clickbait	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 |  | clickbait |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clickbait=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Making a deepfake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:o2:1
# text = Making a deepfake
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	deepfake	deepfake	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 deepfake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deepfake=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Checking a claim before believing it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:o3:1
# text = Checking a claim before believing it
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | a claim |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund |  | claim |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Starting a rumour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:t8:o4:1
# text = Starting a rumour
1	Starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund |  | a rumour |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality |

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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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