Exam question 2 · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

Identify the principal reason for which a person should pause before sharing a story that provokes strong anger or fear.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person, story · What happens: identify, pause, share, provoke · To what, where: principal reason, story, strong anger

This is exam question 2 of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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	10 pause	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pause	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 pause	aux
10	pause	pause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 sharing	mark
12	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 pause	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 story	det
14	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sharing	obj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 provokes	nsubj
16	provokes	provoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 story	acl:relcl
17	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 anger	amod
18	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 provokes	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 fear	cc
20	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 anger	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	pause	should	a person		for the principal reason	vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	share	gerund	a person not said here	a story		tree rules
4	provoke	present	a story	strong anger or fear		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anger=Experiencer

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

Strong feelings render a story true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feelings	amod
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 render	nsubj
3	render	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 render	obj
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	Strong feelings	a story				true property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme

Option 2

Frightening stories are always out of date by the time they are read

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 date	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 date	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 date	advmod
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 date	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 date	case
7	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 date	nmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 read	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 read	aux:pass
13	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Frightening stories			date	time	always property	tree rules
2	read	present · passive		stories = story					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Angry stories cannot be shared lawfully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shared	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 shared	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 shared	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 shared	aux:pass
6	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	6 shared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not share	can · passive		Angry stories				lawfully property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False stories are designed to stir up strong feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 designed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 designed	aux:pass
4	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stir	mark
6	stir	stir	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 designed	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stir	compound:prt
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feelings	amod
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stir	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	present · passive		False stories					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	stir up	to-infinitive		strong feelings					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition feeling=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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