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title: Identify the principal error in concluding that a claim is true beca… — "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal error in concluding that a claim is true because it appears in a widely viewed video. Exam question 1 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

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Identify the principal error in concluding that a claim is true because it appears in a widely viewed video.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, claim, it · **What happens:** identify, conclude, be, appear, view · **To what, where:** principal error, viewed video

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» 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/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal error in concluding that a claim is true because it appears in a widely viewed video.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	viewed	view	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 principal error |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent error=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present | a claim |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **appear** | present | it |  |  | a viewed video |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in video=Location |
| 5 | **view** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The claim was made by a stranger with a profile picture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e1:o1:1
# text = The claim was made by a stranger with a profile picture
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	profile	profile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | a stranger with a profile picture | the claim |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The video was insufficiently short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e1:o2:1
# text = The video was insufficiently short
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the video |  |  |  |  | insufficiently, short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The video lacked music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e1:o3:1
# text = The video lacked music
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lacked	lack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Views measure attention rather than truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e1:o4:1
# text = Views measure attention rather than truth
1	Views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	6	cc	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present | Views | attention |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme attention=Value |

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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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