Exam question 2 · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

Select the response that is consistent with the established understanding of a report attributed to "sources close to" a celebrated couple.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, attribute, celebrate, understand · To what, where: response, report

This is exam question 2 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	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 understanding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 understanding	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 understanding	amod
10	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 report	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 report	det
13	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 understanding	nmod
14	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 report	acl
15	to	to	PART	_	14 attributed	xcomp
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 sources	punct
17	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 to	obj
18	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 sources	amod
19	to	to	ADP	_	23 couple	case
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 couple	punct
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 couple	det
22	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 couple	amod
23	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 close	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established understanding of a report; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	attribute	participle		a report not said here		tree rules
5	celebrate	participle				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	understand			a report		nom understanding «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

It is a judgment delivered by a court of law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 judgment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 judgment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 judgment	det
4	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 judgment	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delivered	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 law	case
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a judgment					tree rules
2	deliver	participle		a judgment not said here				by a court of law	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is an official statement issued by the couple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 statement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 statement	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 statement	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statement	amod
5	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 statement	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 couple	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 couple	det
9	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a official statement					tree rules
2	issue	participle		a official statement not said here				by the couple	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by couple=Location

Option 3

It is a certainty, being broadcast on television

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 certainty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 certainty	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 certainty	det
4	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 broadcast	punct
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 broadcast	aux:pass
7	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 certainty	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 television	case
9	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 broadcast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a certainty					tree rules
2	broadcast speech: other	gerund · passive		a certainty not said here		television			vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is an unverified claim from an unnamed person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 claim	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 claim	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 claim	det
4	unverified	unverified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 claim	amod
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 person	det
8	unnamed	unnamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a unverified claim				from a unnamed person	tree rules

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