Exam question 4 · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
It is given that a newspaper attributes a remark to «a royal source». Determine the status of the remark.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: newspaper, you · What happens: give, attribute, determine · To what, where: It, remark, status
This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that a newspaper attributes a remark to «a royal source».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 attributes | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 newspaper | det |
| 6 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | nsubj |
| 7 | attributes | attribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 remark | det |
| 9 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attributes | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 source | mark |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 source | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 source | det |
| 13 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 source | amod |
| 14 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 remark | acl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 source | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | attribute | present | a newspaper | a remark | 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: Determine the status of the remark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 status | det |
| 3 | status | status | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 remark | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 remark | det |
| 6 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 status | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the status of the remark | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is the recorded testimony of the monarch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 testimony | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 testimony | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 testimony | det |
| 4 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 testimony | amod |
| 5 | testimony | testimony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 monarch | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 monarch | det |
| 8 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 testimony | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | the recorded testimony | of the monarch | tree rules |
Option 2
It is an official statement issued by the Palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 statement | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 statement | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 statement | det |
| 4 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 statement | amod |
| 5 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 statement | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Palace | det |
| 9 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 issued | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a official statement | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | issue | participle | a official statement not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is an unattributed claim incapable of verification
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 incapable | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 incapable | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 incapable | det |
| 4 | unattributed | unattribut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 incapable | amod |
| 5 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 incapable | compound |
| 6 | incapable | incapable | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 verification | case |
| 8 | verification | verification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 incapable | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unattribut | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a unattributed claim incapable | of verification | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a matter of record before the courts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 matter | det |
| 4 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 record | case |
| 6 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | nmod |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 courts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 courts | det |
| 9 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a matter | before the courts | of record | tree rules |
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