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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (algorithm, computer, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:034-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance.lesson:0 # text = An app's feed is chosen by an algorithm, a set of rules a computer follows: it notices what you watch and for how long, then shows you more of the same. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 034-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 feed feed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 algorithm algorithm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 notices notice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 watch watch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:obj 32 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · passive | a algorithm | a app's feed | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | present | a computer | a set of rules *not said here* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Theme | | 3 | **notice** | present | computer | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **watch** | present | you | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **show** | present | computer *not said here* | more of the same | you | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient more=Topic | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:politics:034-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance.lesson:0`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Cherry-picked clips and clickbait head…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/33-cherry-picked-clips-and-clickbait/16/) - next →: [Algorithms, bubbles and false balance, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/34-algorithms-bubbles-and-false-balance/)