Exam question 3 · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning invitations to enter a password in order to obtain a free telephone from a celebrated person.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, enter, obtain, celebrate · To what, where: response, password, free telephone

This is exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 invitations	amod
12	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Select	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 enter	mark
14	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Select	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 password	det
16	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 enter	obj
17	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	20 obtain	mark
18	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 in	fixed
19	to	to	PART	_	20 obtain	mark
20	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 enter	advcl
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 telephone	det
22	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 telephone	amod
23	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 obtain	obj
24	from	from	ADP	_	27 person	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 person	det
26	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 person	amod
27	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 obtain	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		tree rules
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	enter	to-infinitive	you not said here	a password		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme password=Destination
5	obtain	to-infinitive	you not said here	a free telephone	from a celebrated person	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent telephone=Theme from person=Source
6	celebrate	participle				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Such invitations are fraudulent and must not be answered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 invitations	amod
2	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fraudulent	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fraudulent	cop
4	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 answered	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 answered	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 answered	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 answered	aux:pass
9	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fraudulent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such invitations					fraudulent property	tree rules
2	not answer speech: assert	must · passive	Such invitations not said here						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»

Option 2

Such invitations are lawful competitions conducted by banks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 invitations	amod
2	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 competitions	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 competitions	cop
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 competitions	amod
5	competitions	competition	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 competitions	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 banks	case
8	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conducted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such invitations	lawful competitions					tree rules
2	conduct	participle		lawful competitions not said here				by banks	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by bank=Destination

Option 3

Such invitations may be answered if the offer is time-limited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 invitations	amod
2	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 answered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 answered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 answered	aux:pass
5	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 limited	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 offer	det
8	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 limited	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 limited	cop
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 limited	obl:unmarked
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 time	punct
12	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	may · passive		Such invitations					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the offer				time	limited property	tree rules

Option 4

Such invitations are genuine where the celebrity's face appears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 invitations	amod
2	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 genuine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 genuine	cop
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 appears	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 celebrity	det
7	celebrity	celebrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 face	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 celebrity	case
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appears	nsubj
10	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 genuine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such invitations					genuine property	tree rules
2	appear	present	the celebrity's face						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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