Exam question 3 · Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the disclosure of a narrative's conclusion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, narrative · What happens: select, establish, concern, disclose, conclude · To what, where: response, disclosure, conclusion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «Age ratings, scary films and choosing what to watch» of the arts 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disclosure	det
11	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 conclusion	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 narrative	det
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conclusion	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 narrative	case
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 disclosure	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the disclosure of a narrative's conclusion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disclosure=Experiencer
4	disclose			a narrative's conclusion		nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	conclude		a narrative			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 right answer

Its effect is argued, though most find it annoying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 effect	nmod:poss
2	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argued	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argued	aux:pass
4	argued	argue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 find	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 find	nsubj
8	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argued	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	obj
10	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 find	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present · passive		Its effect		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	find	present	most	effect	annoying property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	effect		Its = it			nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It is prohibited by statute in most jurisdictions and punished by a fine

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	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 statute	case
5	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 jurisdictions	case
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 jurisdictions	amod
8	jurisdictions	jurisdiction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 punished	cc
10	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 prohibited	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fine	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fine	det
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	statute	It		most jurisdictions			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	punish	participle	statute not said here					by a fine	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It has no effect upon any viewer

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 viewer	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 viewer	det
7	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	no effect				upon any viewer	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4

It is universally agreed by researchers to enhance the enjoyment of all viewers

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 agreed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 agreed	aux:pass
3	universally	universally	ADV	_	4 agreed	advmod
4	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 researchers	case
6	researchers	researcher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 agreed	obl:agent
7	to	to	PART	_	8 enhance	mark
8	enhance	enhance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 agreed	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 enjoyment	det
10	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enhance	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 viewers	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 viewers	det
13	viewers	viewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 enjoyment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present · passive	researchers	It	universally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic
2	enhance not said to happen	to-infinitive	researchers not said here	the enjoyment of all viewers		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enjoyment=Patient
3	enjoy			all viewers		nom enjoyment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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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