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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion t… — The YouTuber who is right about everyt… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion that a claim is true because its author has ten million subscribers? Exam question 4 of lesson 174 «The YouTuber who is right about everything» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · The YouTuber who is right about everything

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion that a claim is true because its author has ten million subscribers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** claim, author · **What happens:** follow, characteris, be, have · **To what, where:** assertion, million subscribers

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 174 «The YouTuber who is right about everything» of the world 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/world/174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion that a claim is true because its author has ten million subscribers?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	acl	_	_
15	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
19	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	compound	_	_
20	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	subscribers	subscriber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the assertion |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a claim | the assertion *not said here* |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | claim's author | million subscribers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subscriber=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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An appeal to popularity which does not establish truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything:e4:o1:1
# text = An appeal to popularity which does not establish truth
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **establish** | present · do-support | a appeal to popularity | truth |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A scientific verification of the claim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything:e4:o2:1
# text = A scientific verification of the claim
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **verify** |  |  | the claim |  |  |  |  | nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fair sample of expert opinion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything:e4:o3:1
# text = A fair sample of expert opinion
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sample** |  |  | expert opinion |  |  |  |  | nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A guarantee of accuracy issued by the platform on which it appears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything:e4:o4:1
# text = A guarantee of accuracy issued by the platform on which it appears
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | participle |  | a guarantee of accuracy *not said here* |  |  |  | by the platform | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by platform=Location |
| 2 | **appear** | present | it |  |  | the platform |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location |
| 3 | **guarantee** |  |  | accuracy |  |  |  |  | nom guarantee «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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