Exam question 4 · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares

State the correct use of an openly editable encyclopaedia such as Wikipedia.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: use · To what, where: editable encyclopaedia

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 use	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 use	amod
4	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 encyclopaedia	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 encyclopaedia	det
7	openly	openly	ADV	_	8 editable	advmod
8	editable	editable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 encyclopaedia	amod
9	encyclopaedia	encyclopaedia	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	nmod
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 Wikipedia	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	Wikipedia	Wikipedia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 encyclopaedia	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			a editable encyclopaedia such Wikipedia					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

As a starting point, with its references checked, since anyone may edit it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	4 point	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 point	det
3	starting	starting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 point	compound
4	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 checked	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 point	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 references	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 references	nmod:poss
8	references	reference	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 checked	nsubj
9	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 edit	punct
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 edit	mark
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 edit	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 edit	aux
14	edit	edit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 checked	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 edit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	check	past	point's references		as a starting point	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as point=Value
2	edit	may	anyone	point		tree rules
3	refer		point			nom reference «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

As a source to be avoided entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 source	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 avoided	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 avoided	aux:pass
6	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 source	acl
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 avoided	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive · passive						entirely property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 3

As a source accurate only upon weekdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	4 accurate	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accurate	nsubj
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 weekdays	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 weekdays	case
7	weekdays	weekday	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accurate	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

As a final authority requiring no further verification by the reader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	4 authority	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 authority	det
3	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 authority	amod
4	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 authority	acl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 verification	det
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 verification	amod
8	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 reader	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reader	det
11	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund	a final authority not said here	no further verification				by the reader	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme verification=Precondition

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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