--- title: The teacher: "His facts were spot on. You might want to check yours… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher: "His facts were spot on. You might want to check yours before you check his words." What does the teacher mean? Test 8 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Check the claim, not the person](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/) / t8 # Test 8 · Check the claim, not the person The teacher: "His facts were spot on. You might want to check yours before you check his words." What does the teacher mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** facts, You, teacher · **What happens:** be, want, check, word, mean · **To what, where:** yours, words This is test 8 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher: "His facts were spot on. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:1 # text = The teacher: "His facts were spot on. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 spot spot ADV RB _ 9 compound _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | teacher's facts | | | | | on *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* You might want to check yours before you check his words." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:2 # text = You might want to check yours before you check his words." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 check check VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | might | You | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **check** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | yours | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Theme | | 3 | **check** | present | you | teacher's words | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **word** | | teacher | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What does the teacher mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:3 # text = What does the teacher mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the teacher | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A small slip doesn't make the facts wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:o1:1 # text = A small slip doesn't make the facts wrong 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | present · do-support | a small slip | the facts | | | | wrong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fact=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Speaking matters more than facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:o2:1 # text = Speaking matters more than facts 1 Speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **matter** | present | | | | | | than facts | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Nobody should ever correct a word ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:o3:1 # text = Nobody should ever correct a word 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 correct correct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | should | Nobody | a word | | | ever | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} One wrong word makes the whole project wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t8:o4:1 # text = One wrong word makes the whole project wrong 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 project project NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | One wrong word | the whole project | | | | wrong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset project=Product | **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. 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