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title: Determine the most appropriate course of action upon encountering a… — "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the most appropriate course of action upon encountering a report of the death of a famous person on social media. Exam question 3 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 t
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# Exam question 3 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

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Determine the most appropriate course of action upon encountering a report of the death of a famous person on social media.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, action, famous person · **What happens:** determine, encounter, report, die · **To what, where:** appropriate course, report, death

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e3:1
# text = Determine the most appropriate course of action upon encountering a report of the death of a famous person on social media.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **encounter** | gerund | action *not said here* | a report of the death of a famous person on social media |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus |
| 3 | **report** |  |  | the death of a famous person on social media |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | a famous person on social media |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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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Reliance upon the comment section

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e3:o1:1
# text = Reliance upon the comment section
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Verification by means of a trusted news website before sharing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e3:o2:1
# text = Verification by means of a trusted news website before sharing
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Verification |  |  |  |  | of a trusted news website | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **share** | gerund | Verification *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Immediate distribution to all acquaintances before others share it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e3:o3:1
# text = Immediate distribution to all acquaintances before others share it
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | others | distribution |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Acceptance if the post has received many likes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section:e3:o4:1
# text = Acceptance if the post has received many likes
1	Acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	likes	like	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present · perfect · passive |  | Acceptance |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme like=Location |

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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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