Exam question 3 · Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion «Everyone knows homework is pointless».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, Everyone, homework · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, know · To what, where: response, assertion · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» of the English 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 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 assertion	det
13	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 knows	punct
15	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 knows	nsubj
16	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 assertion	acl:relcl
17	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pointless	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 pointless	cop
19	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 knows	ccomp
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 knows	punct
21	.	.	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 facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
5	know in a quote	present	Everyone	the assertion not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer assertion=Stimulus
6	is in a quote	present	homework		pointless property	tree rules

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

It is an opinion presented as though it were a fact

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 opinion	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 opinion	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 opinion	det
4	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 opinion	acl
6	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 fact	case
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	6 as	fixed
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fact	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fact	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fact	det
11	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a opinion		tree rules
2	present	participle		a opinion not said here		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	opinion		as a fact	tree rules

Option 2

It is a headline

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 headline	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 headline	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 headline	det
4	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a headline					tree rules

Option 3

It is a verifiable fact

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 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fact	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fact	det
4	verifiable	verifiable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fact	amod
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a verifiable fact					tree rules

Option 4

It is a rhetorical question

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 question	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 question	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
4	rhetorical	rhetorical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 question	amod
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rhetorical question					tree rules

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