Exam question 1 · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "sources close to" a public figure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, attribute · To what, where: principal deficiency, report

This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» 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 deficiency	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deficiency	amod
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 report	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 report	det
7	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deficiency	nmod
8	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 report	acl
9	solely	solely	ADV	_	8 attributed	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	9 solely	fixed
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sources	punct
12	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 to	obj
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sources	amod
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 figure	case
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 figure	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 figure	det
17	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 figure	amod
18	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 close	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal deficiency of a report					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme
2	attribute	participle		a report not said here				solely property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The origin of the claim cannot be verified by the reader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 origin	det
2	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 verified	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 claim	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 claim	det
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 origin	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 verified	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 verified	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 verified	aux:pass
9	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 reader	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reader	det
12	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 verified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not verify	can · passive	the reader	the origin of the claim					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

Option 2

The report must by law be entirely false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 false	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 report	aux
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	nmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 false	cop
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	8 false	advmod
8	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	the report by law					entirely, false property	tree rules
2	report		law						nom report «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

The report has been checked by a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 checked	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 checked	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 checked	aux:pass
5	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · perfect · passive	a court	the report					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

The figure concerned has personally and publicly confirmed the claim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 figure	det
2	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
3	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 figure	amod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	personally	personally	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 confirmed	cc
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	8 confirmed	advmod
8	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 has	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 claim	det
10	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 confirmed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the figure					personally property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	confirm	past	the figure not said here	the claim				publicly property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claim=Topic

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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