Exam question 4 · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

Ascertain the conclusion which may properly be drawn from the observation that a correction is printed upon a minor page whereas the original false report occupied the front page.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, original false report · What happens: ascertain, draw, print, occupy · To what, where: conclusion, observation, correction, front page

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drawn	nsubj:pass
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 drawn	aux
6	properly	properly	ADV	_	8 drawn	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 drawn	aux:pass
8	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conclusion	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 observation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 observation	det
11	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drawn	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 printed	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 correction	det
14	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 printed	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 printed	aux:pass
16	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 drawn	advcl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 page	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 page	det
19	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 page	amod
20	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 printed	obl
21	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	26 occupied	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 report	det
23	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 report	amod
24	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 report	amod
25	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 occupied	nsubj
26	occupied	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 printed	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 page	det
28	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 page	amod
29	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 occupied	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	draw	may · passive		the conclusion	the observation	properly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from observation=Initial_Location
3	print	present · passive		a correction		upon a minor page	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	occupy	past	the original false report	the front page			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus page=Experiencer

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

Fewer readers will learn of the correction than of the falsehood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 readers	amod
2	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 learn	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 correction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 correction	det
7	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	obl
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 falsehood	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 falsehood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 falsehood	det
11	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	future	Fewer readers					of the correction; than the falsehood	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of correction=Topic

Option 2

The subject of the report requested the arrangement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 subject	det
2	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requested	nsubj
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 subject	nmod
6	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 arrangement	det
8	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requested	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	past	the subject of the report	the arrangement					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent arrangement=Recipient

Option 3

The original report has been proven true thereby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proven	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proven	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 proven	aux:pass
6	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proven	xcomp
8	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	6 proven	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · perfect · passive		the original report				thereby, true property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The correction is of greater importance than the original

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 correction	det
2	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 importance	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 importance	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 importance	case
5	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 importance	amod
6	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 original	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 original	det
9	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 importance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the correction					of greater importance; than the original	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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