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title: The teacher: "Sorry, Leo, no hidden superpowers." What would someone… — "How do you know?" · tree and pragmatics
description: The teacher: "Sorry, Leo, no hidden superpowers." What would someone need to back up the 10% claim? Test 6 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · "How do you know?"

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The teacher: "Sorry, Leo, no hidden superpowers." What would someone need to back up the 10% claim?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone · **What happens:** need, back up · **To what, where:** % claim

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This is test 6 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» of the world 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/world/186-how-do-you-know/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The teacher: "Sorry, Leo, no hidden superpowers."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:1
# text = The teacher: "Sorry, Leo, no hidden superpowers."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	superpowers	superpower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What would someone need to back up the 10% claim?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:2
# text = What would someone need to back up the 10% claim?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	back	back	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | would | someone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **back up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | the % claim |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A way to measure it, like brain scans, and they show the opposite

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:o1:1
# text = A way to measure it, like brain scans, and they show the opposite
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	measure	measure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	scans	scan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | to-infinitive | a way *not said here* | way |  |  |  | like brain scans | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value |
| 2 | **show** | present | a way | the opposite |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent opposite=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A famous film that says it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:o2:1
# text = A famous film that says it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a famous film | film |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing; everybody already knows it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:o3:1
# text = Nothing; everybody already knows it
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | everybody | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A poster with a brain on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:186-how-do-you-know:t6:o4:1
# text = A poster with a brain on it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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