Exam question 2 · Speaking up, saying no and growing up

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pictures posted online?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, post · To what, where: pictures

This is exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
10	posted	post	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pictures	acl
11	online	online	ADV	_	10 posted	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	pictures	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	post	participle	pictures not said here	online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

They usually depict only people's best moments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 depict	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 depict	advmod
3	depict	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 people	advmod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 moments	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 people	case
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 moments	amod
8	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 depict	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present	They				moment	usually property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They depict only unhappy moments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 depict	nsubj
2	depict	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 unhappy	advmod
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moments	amod
5	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 depict	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present	They				moment		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They invariably depict ordinary daily life as it truly is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 depict	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 depict	advmod
3	depict	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
5	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depict	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 is	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 is	nsubj
9	truly	truly	ADV	_	10 is	advmod
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 depict	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depict	present	They	ordinary daily life				invariably property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme
2	be	present	life					truly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They are always without alteration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 alteration	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alteration	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 alteration	advmod
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 alteration	case
5	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					without alteration; always property	tree rules

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