Exam question 4 · Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories
Ascertain the classification appropriate to an image, widely circulated, which ridicules the physical appearance of a television presenter.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, circulate, ridicule · To what, where: classification, physical appearance
This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» 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 classification | det |
| 3 | classification | classification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ascertain | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 image | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 image | det |
| 7 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appropriate | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 circulated | punct |
| 9 | widely | widely | ADV | _ | 10 circulated | advmod |
| 10 | circulated | circulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ascertain | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ridicules | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 ridicules | nsubj |
| 13 | ridicules | ridicule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 circulated | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 appearance | det |
| 15 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 appearance | amod |
| 16 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ridicules | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 presenter | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 presenter | det |
| 19 | television | television | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 presenter | compound |
| 20 | presenter | presenter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 appearance | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the classification | appropriate property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic | |||
| 2 | circulate | participle | widely property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ridicule | present | the physical appearance of a television presenter | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme |
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
Harmless entertainment, given the subject's fame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 entertainment | amod |
| 2 | entertainment | entertainment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 entertainment | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 subject | det |
| 6 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fame | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 subject | case |
| 8 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | Harmless entertainment not said here | the subject's fame | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fame=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Bullying, irrespective of the number who share it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 number | punct |
| 3 | irrespective | irrespective | ADV | _ | 6 number | advmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 number | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 number | det |
| 6 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bullying | conj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 share | nsubj |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Bullying | acl:relcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | Bullying and the number | number | tree rules |
Option 3
Constructive advice concerning appearance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constructive | constructive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 advice | amod |
| 2 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 advice | acl |
| 4 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 concerning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | Constructive advice not said here | appearance | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer |
Option 4
Legitimate news of public importance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legitimate | legitimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 news | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 importance | case |
| 4 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 importance | amod |
| 5 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 news | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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