Exam question 4 · Keep yourself private, and voices that lie

Ascertain the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, circulate, image · To what, where: status, mocking image, classmate

This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Keep yourself private, and voices that lie» of the AI 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 status	det
3	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fabrication	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fabrication	det
6	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 status	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 circulation	cc
8	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fabrication	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 image	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 image	det
11	mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 image	compound
12	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 circulation	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 classmate	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 classmate	det
15	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 image	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the status of the fabrication and circulation of a mocking image of a classmate	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic
2	circulate			a mocking image of a classmate	nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	image			a classmate	nom image «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 matter of no consequence

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 matter	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 consequence	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 consequence	det
7	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a matter				of no consequence	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes bullying and may be contrary to 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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 contrary	cc
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 contrary	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 contrary	cop
7	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constitutes	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 law	mark
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contrary	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	bullying					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bullying=Pivot
2	is	may						contrary property	tree rules

Option 3

It is permissible provided the image is fictitious

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 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 image	det
6	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fictitious	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fictitious	cop
8	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the image					fictitious property	tree rules

Option 4

It is permissible provided the classmate is amused

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 provided	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 provided	aux:pass
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 provided	amod
4	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 classmate	det
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 amused	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 amused	aux:pass
8	amused	amuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	amuse	present · passive		the classmate					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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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