Exam question 4 · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

Ascertain the course of action most appropriate upon encountering an unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman upon a social media platform.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, celebrated sportsman · What happens: ascertain, encounter, celebrate, report, die · To what, where: course, unverified report, death

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 appropriate	advmod
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 encountering	mark
9	encountering	encounter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 appropriate	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 report	det
11	unverified	unverified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 report	amod
12	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 death	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 death	det
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 report	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 sportsman	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sportsman	det
18	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 sportsman	amod
19	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 death	nmod
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	24 platform	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 platform	det
22	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 platform	amod
23	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 platform	compound
24	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	encounter	gerund	you not said here	a unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman	upon a social media platform	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus
3	celebrate	participle				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	report			the death of a celebrated sportsman		nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	die		a celebrated sportsman			nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

Immediate distribution of the report to all acquaintances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 distribution	amod
2	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 report	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 report	det
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribution	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 acquaintances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 acquaintances	det
8	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 report	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute			the report to all acquaintances					nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Publication of condolences upon the sportsman's page

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 condolences	case
3	condolences	condolence	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Publication	nmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 page	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sportsman	det
6	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 page	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 sportsman	case
8	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condolences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish			condolences upon the sportsman's page					nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	page		the sportsman						nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Acceptance of the report on account of its popularity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 report	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 report	det
4	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acceptance	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 account	case
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 report	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 popularity	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 popularity	nmod:poss
9	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept			the report on account of account's popularity					nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	account			account's popularity					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Consultation of a reputable news source before belief or sharing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 source	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 source	det
4	reputable	reputable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 source	amod
5	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	compound
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	nmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 belief	case
8	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 sharing	cc
10	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult		a reputable news source before belief or sharing						nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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