Exam question 2 · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the interception of telephone messages by certain British newspapers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, intercept · To what, where: response, interception, telephone messages

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 interception	det
13	interception	interception	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 messages	case
15	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 messages	compound
16	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 interception	nmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	20 newspapers	case
18	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 newspapers	amod
19	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 newspapers	amod
20	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the interception of telephone messages	by certain British newspapers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interception=Experiencer
5	intercept			telephone messages		nom interception «act 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.

The options

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

It was unlawful, was exposed, and led to a public inquiry

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 unlawful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unlawful	cop
3	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 exposed	punct
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 exposed	aux:pass
6	exposed	expose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unlawful	list
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 led	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 led	cc
9	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unlawful	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 inquiry	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 inquiry	det
12	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 inquiry	amod
13	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	It	unlawful property	tree rules
2	expose	past · passive			vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»
3	lead	past		to a public inquiry	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to inquiry=Patient

Option 2

It never occurred, being a rumour of the internet

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 occurred	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 occurred	advmod
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rumour	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 rumour	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rumour	det
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurred	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 internet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 internet	det
10	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rumour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not occur	past	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	gerund		a rumour				of the internet	tree rules

Option 3

It was lawful, and was approved by those affected

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 lawful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lawful	cop
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 approved	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 approved	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 approved	aux:pass
7	approved	approve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lawful	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 those	case
9	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 approved	obl
10	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 those	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	It	lawful property	tree rules
2	approve	past · passive	those		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	affect	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It was performed solely by foreign governments

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 governments	case
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 governments	amod
7	governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · passive	foreign governments	It				solely property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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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