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title: A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work… — Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… · tree and pragmatics
description: A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link. Best move? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

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A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link. Best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** meme, Children · **What happens:** show, work · **To what, where:** face, mines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:1
# text = A meme shows a president's face and the words "Children should work in mines", with no date and no link.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meme	meme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	24	det	_	_
24	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a meme | a president's face and the words |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent face=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **work** *in a quote* | should | Children |  |  | mines |  |  | 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:* Best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:2
# text = Best move?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Look for it in a report, video or speech first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:o1:1
# text = Look for it in a report, video or speech first
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a report and video or speech |  | for it; first *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme in report=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Share it with the words "can't believe this"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:o2:1
# text = Share it with the words "can't believe this"
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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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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 |  |  |  | with the words | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | can | the words *not said here* | this |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Decide it's true if it makes you angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:o3:1
# text = Decide it's true if it makes you angry
1	Decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it | you |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Believe it, because the face is real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:t11:o4:1
# text = Believe it, because the face is real
1	Believe	believe	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	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | the face |  |  |  |  | real *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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