--- title: Which is the best reason to trust a scientific result? — Being a scientist — fair tests, guesse… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is the best reason to trust a scientific result? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/91-being-a-scientist/t4/) [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/) / [Being a scientist — fair tests, guesse…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/91-being-a-scientist/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence Which is the best reason to trust a scientific result? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, trust · **To what, where:** best reason, scientific result This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 91 «Being a scientist — fair tests, guesses and evidence» 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/91-being-a-scientist/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t4:1 # text = Which is the best reason to trust a scientific result? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | to-infinitive | | a scientific result | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme | 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} Other people repeated the test and got the same result ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t4:o1:1 # text = Other people repeated the test and got the same result 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | past | Other people | the test | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | past | Other people *not said here* | the same result | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was written in big letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t4:o2:1 # text = It was written in big letters 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | It | | big letters | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in letter=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Many people would really like it to be true, so it must be ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t4:o3:1 # text = Many people would really like it to be true, so it must be 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | would | Many people | it | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Many people *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | must | it | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A famous person said it was true ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:91-being-a-scientist:t4:o4:1 # text = A famous person said it was true 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a famous person | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | person | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | **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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