Exam question 2 · Staying safe online and checking what you see
Identify the principal reason for which the date of a news story is to be verified before it is shared.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, verify, share · To what, where: principal reason, date
This is exam question 2 of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 verified | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 date | det |
| 8 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 verified | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 story | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 story | det |
| 11 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 story | compound |
| 12 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 date | nmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 verified | aux:pass |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 verified | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 verified | aux:pass |
| 16 | verified | verify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 17 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 20 shared | mark |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 shared | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 shared | aux:pass |
| 20 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 verified | advcl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | verify | present · passive | you not said here | the date of a news story | for the principal reason | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||
| 3 | share | present · passive | date | 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
The date reveals the name of the author
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 date | det |
| 2 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reveals | nsubj |
| 3 | reveals | reveal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reveals | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 author | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 author | det |
| 8 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | present | the date | the name of the author | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||||
| 2 | name | the author | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Recent stories are invariably false
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stories | amod |
| 2 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 false | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 false | cop |
| 4 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 5 false | advmod |
| 5 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Recent stories | false, invariably property | tree rules |
Option 3
Stories older than one week are illegal to share under the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 illegal | nsubj |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Stories | amod |
| 3 | than | than | ADP | _ | 5 week | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 week | nummod |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 older | obl |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 illegal | cop |
| 7 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 share | mark |
| 9 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 illegal | xcomp |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 law | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 law | det |
| 12 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Stories | illegal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | Stories not said here | the law | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Old stories are frequently reshared as though they had just occurred
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stories | amod |
| 2 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reshared | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reshared | aux:pass |
| 4 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 5 reshared | advmod |
| 5 | reshared | reshar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 occurred | mark |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 11 occurred | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 occurred | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 occurred | aux |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 occurred | advmod |
| 11 | occurred | occur | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 reshared | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reshar | present · passive | Old stories | frequently property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | occur | past · perfect | stories = story | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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