Exam question 4 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

Ascertain the appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person who has not yet viewed it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, film · What happens: ascertain, not view, characterise, disclose, end · To what, where: appropriate characterisation, person, deliberate disclosure, ending

This is exam question 4 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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	4 characterisation	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 characterisation	amod
4	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 disclosure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disclosure	det
7	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 disclosure	amod
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterisation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 ending	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 film	det
11	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ending	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 film	case
13	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disclosure	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 person	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 person	det
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ending	nmod
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 viewed	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 viewed	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 viewed	advmod
20	yet	yet	ADV	_	21 viewed	advmod
21	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 person	acl:relcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 viewed	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate characterisation of the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
2	not view	present · perfect · passive		a person	yet		tree rules
3	characterise			the deliberate disclosure of a film's ending to a person			nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	disclose			a film's ending to a person			nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	end		a film			to a person	nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

A customary courtesy between brothers and sisters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 courtesy	det
2	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtesy	compound
3	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 brothers	case
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 courtesy	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sisters	cc
7	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 brothers	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A criminal offence punishable by the courts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 offence	det
2	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 offence	amod
3	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punishable	nsubj
4	punishable	punishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 courts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 courts	det
7	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 punishable	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A service which renders the film more enjoyable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 service	det
2	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 renders	nsubj
4	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 service	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 film	det
6	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 enjoyable	advmod
8	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	a service	the film				enjoyable property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A minor unkindness for which an apology is due

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unkindness	det
2	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unkindness	amod
3	unkindness	unkindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 due	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 apology	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 apology	nsubj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unkindness	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 due	cop
9	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a minor unkindness for a apology					due property	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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