Exam question 1 · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

Identify the principal purpose for which celebrated persons customarily appear as guests upon television chat programmes.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, persons · What happens: identify, celebrate, appear · To what, where: principal purpose, chat programmes

This is exam question 1 of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 celebrated	mark
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 celebrated	nsubj
7	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 appear	nsubj
9	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	10 appear	advmod
10	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 celebrated	ccomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 guests	case
12	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 appear	obl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 programmes	case
14	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chat	compound
15	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 programmes	compound
16	programmes	programme	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 appear	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	celebrate	past					tree rules
3	appear	present	persons		chat programmes	as guests; customarily property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon programme=Location

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 resolution of private disputes before the public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 resolution	det
2	resolution	resolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 disputes	case
4	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 disputes	amod
5	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 resolution	nmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 public	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 public	det
8	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disputes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve			private disputes before the public					nom resolution «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The promotion of a forthcoming film, book or tour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 film	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 film	det
5	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 film	amod
6	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 book	punct
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tour	cc
10	tour	tour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promotion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promote			a forthcoming film					nom promotion «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The fulfilment of a legal obligation owed to broadcasters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fulfilment	det
2	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 obligation	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 obligation	det
5	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 obligation	amod
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfilment	nmod
7	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 broadcasters	case
9	broadcasters	broadcaster	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	participle · passive		the fulfilment of a legal obligation				to broadcasters goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to broadcaster=Goal
2	fulfil			a legal obligation					nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The selection of a new presenter for the programme

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 presenter	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 presenter	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 presenter	amod
6	presenter	presenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 programme	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 programme	det
9	programme	programme	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 presenter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select			a new presenter for the programme					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

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