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title: In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancell… — Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!" The news site's own page says nothing. Which counts? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

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In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!" The news site's own page says nothing. Which counts?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** screenshot, news, own page, news site · **What happens:** say, cancel, page, count · **To what, where:** Atlanta, school, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:1
# text = In Atlanta: "Y'all, a screenshot says the news says school's cancelled all week!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Atlanta	Atlanta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	ccomp	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | a screenshot |  |  | Atlanta and Y'all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the news |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cancel** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | school |  |  | week |  | 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:* The news site's own page says nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:2
# text = The news site's own page says nothing.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the news site's own page | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **page** |  | the news site |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which counts?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:3
# text = Which counts?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Whichever one has more shares

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:o1:1
# text = Whichever one has more shares
1	Whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | whichever one | more shares |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The screenshot, because it has the logo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:o2:1
# text = The screenshot, because it has the logo
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	screenshot	screenshot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	logo	logo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the screenshot | the logo |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent logo=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The news site's own page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:o3:1
# text = The news site's own page
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **page** |  | the news site |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both, so school is half cancelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t10:o4:1
# text = Both, so school is half cancelled
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	advmod	_	_
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | present · passive |  | school |  |  |  | half *property* | tree rules |

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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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