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title: It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been c… — Checking practice: true, false and not… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled. Identify the source most appropriate for verification. Exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

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It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled. Identify the source most appropriate for verification.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** single video, you · **What happens:** assert, cancel, identify · **To what, where:** It, national election, source

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:1
# text = It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · passive | a single video | It |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cancel** | present · perfect · passive | a single video *not said here* | a national election |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Identify the source most appropriate for verification.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:2
# text = Identify the source most appropriate for verification.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the source |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The comments appended beneath the video

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:o1:1
# text = The comments appended beneath the video
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appended	append	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **append** | past | the comments |  |  |  |  | beneath the video | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The official electoral website or the principal news outlets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:o2:1
# text = The official electoral website or the principal news outlets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	electoral	electoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	outlets	outlet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The relative of the person who viewed the video, who is acquainted with its origin and its author

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:o3:1
# text = The relative of the person who viewed the video, who is acquainted with its origin and its author
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	viewed	view	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **view** | past | the person | the video |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus |
| 2 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the video |  |  |  | with video's origin and video's author | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any person who has not yet heard of the matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure:e2:o4:1
# text = Any person who has not yet heard of the matter
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | present · perfect | any person |  |  |  | yet | of the matter | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of matter=Stimulus |

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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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