--- title: Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A fact can be checked («Paris is the capital of France»); an opinion is what someone thinks («Pizza is the best food»). --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying… # Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares Lesson 284 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 26 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/0/) — A fact can be checked («Paris is the capital of France»); an opinion is what someone thinks («Pizza is the best food»). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/1/) — Both are fine, but an opinion should not be passed off as a fact. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/2/) — False stories are often built to make you very angry or scared, because strong feelings make people share without thinking. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/3/) — «Doctors hate this one trick!» and «this drink cures every illness» are clickbait and myths; real medicines are tested carefully and work for specific problems. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/4/) — Good checking: use Wikipedia to start and then check the references at the bottom; notice that many accounts repeating the same words may be bots; and wait for trusted news before believing that a famous person has died. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/5/) — Dares are a kind of pressure trick: they make you feel you must prove something. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/6/) — Example: friends in Brisbane dare a boy to run across the road before a truck comes. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/7/) — He says «No way» and walks off. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/8/) — A real friend would never want him hurt, and traffic can kill in a second. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/9/) — Some things are never worth a dare: falls from walls and roofs, traffic, electricity, stealing, being unkind, skipping class, and online «challenges» with choking, holding breath, medicines, fire or detergent pods. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/10/) — A fact can be checked; an opinion is what someone thinks, and opinions should not be passed off as facts. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/11/) — When a story makes you very angry or scared, stop and check before sharing; false stories are designed to stir up strong feelings. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/13/) — Use Wikipedia as a start and check its references, because anyone can edit it. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/14/) — Some accounts are bots or fake accounts that repeat the same thing to make an idea look more popular. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/15/) — Wait for trusted news before believing or sharing that a famous person has died; celebrity death hoaxes are common. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/16/) — A «cure for everything» is a myth; real medicines are tested and work for specific problems. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/17/) — You can always say «No thanks» to a dare; your health matters more than proving anything. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/18/) — Never jump from high walls or roofs for a dare; falls can break bones or worse. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/19/) — Never run across a road in front of cars; traffic can kill in a second. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/20/) — Taking sweets from a shop without paying is stealing; it is against the law and the shop loses out. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/21/) — Never touch an electric fence or climb an electricity pylon; electricity can kill instantly. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/22/) — When friends want to leave someone out, invite them in; it takes courage to be kind when others aren't. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/23/) — Never try online challenges with choking, holding breath, medicines, fire or detergent pods; they have hurt and killed children. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/26/) — Swallowing a spoonful of a dry powder like cinnamon for a dare can make you choke and hurt your lungs. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/27/) — Many children are hurt every year doing dares that looked easy and fun to others. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/28/) — False stories spread faster than true ones, because they are made to shock or scare. - ← previous: [Staying safe online and checking what you see](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/283-safe-online-and-checking-what-you-see/) - next →: [Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)