Exam question 2 · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

Identify the principal reason for which speculation concerning the illness of a public figure ought to be avoided.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, speculation · What happens: identify, concern, avoid · To what, where: principal reason, illness

This is exam question 2 of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 speculation	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 speculation	det
7	speculation	speculation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 speculation	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 illness	det
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 avoided	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 figure	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 figure	det
13	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 figure	amod
14	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 illness	nmod
15	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 avoided	aux
16	to	to	PART	_	18 avoided	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 avoided	aux:pass
18	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 concerning	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason	for which speculation	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	concern	gerund	which speculation not said here			tree rules
3	avoid	ought · passive		the illness of a public figure		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location

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

Option 1

Public figures are legally exempt from all forms of illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 figures	amod
2	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exempt	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 exempt	cop
4	legally	legally	ADV	_	5 exempt	advmod
5	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 forms	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 forms	det
8	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 exempt	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 illness	case
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forms	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Public figures			all forms of illness		exempt, legally property	tree rules
2	form			illness					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Speculation is permitted only by registered medical practitioners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speculation	speculation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 permitted	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 practitioners	case
6	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practitioners	amod
7	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 practitioners	amod
8	practitioners	practitioner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive	registered medical practitioners	Speculation					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	register	participle							vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The illness of a public figure is invariably less serious than reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 illness	det
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serious	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 figure	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 figure	det
5	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 figure	amod
6	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 illness	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 serious	cop
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	9 less	advmod
9	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 serious	advmod
10	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 reported	mark
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 serious	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the illness of a public figure					less, serious property	tree rules
2	report	participle	the illness of a public figure not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The details of a person's health are private save as she chooses to disclose them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 details	det
2	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 save	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 health	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 health	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 person	case
7	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 details	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 save	cop
9	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 save	amod
10	save	save	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 chooses	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chooses	nsubj
13	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 save	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 disclose	mark
15	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 chooses	xcomp
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 disclose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the details of a person's health	private save	tree rules
2	choose	present	person		tree rules
3	disclose	to-infinitive	person not said here	details = detail	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Topic
4	detail			a person's health	nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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