Exam question 4 · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…
It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists. Determine the appropriate conclusion.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two published accounts, proof, you · What happens: give, publish, contradict, exist, account, determine · To what, where: It, one, private disagreement, appropriate conclusion
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists.
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 | _ | 12 contradict | mark |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 accounts | nummod |
| 6 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 accounts | amod |
| 7 | accounts | account | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 contradict | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 disagreement | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 disagreement | det |
| 10 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 disagreement | amod |
| 11 | disagreement | disagreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 accounts | nmod |
| 12 | contradict | contradict | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 contradict | obj |
| 14 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 one | fixed |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 exists | cc |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 proof | det |
| 17 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 exists | nsubj |
| 18 | exists | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 contradict | conj |
| 19 | . | . | 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 | publish | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | contradict | infinitive | two published accounts of a private disagreement | one | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | exist | present | no proof | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | account | a private disagreement | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 appropriate conclusion.
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 | 4 conclusion | det |
| 3 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 conclusion | amod |
| 4 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | . | . | 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 appropriate conclusion | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That the earlier account must be correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 correct | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 account | det |
| 3 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 account | amod |
| 4 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 correct | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 correct | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 correct | cop |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | That | correct property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
That the truth of the matter is not known
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 truth | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 truth | det |
| 3 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 known | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 matter | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 matter | det |
| 6 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 truth | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 known | aux:pass |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 known | advmod |
| 9 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · passive | that truth of the matter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 3
That both accounts must be correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 both | nsubj |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 accounts | det |
| 3 | accounts | account | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 correct | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 correct | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 correct | cop |
| 6 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | both accounts | correct property | tree rules |
Option 4
That the later account must be correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 correct | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 account | det |
| 3 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 account | amod |
| 4 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 correct | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 correct | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 correct | cop |
| 7 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | That | correct 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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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