Exam question 1 · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pictures commonly published online?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pictures · What happens: follow, characteris, publish

This is exam question 1 of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pictures	det
10	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 published	nsubj
11	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	12 published	advmod
12	published	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
13	online	online	ADV	_	12 published	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	publish	past	the pictures	commonly, online property	vn create-26.4 «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

They are always taken without any editing and show exactly what happened

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	4 taken	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 taken	advmod
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 editing	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 editing	det
7	editing	editing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 show	cc
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	conj
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	11 what	advmod
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 happened	nsubj
12	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present · passive	They	without any editing; always property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	show	present			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	happen	past			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They often show only the best moments, while real life has ups and downs

The tree, 14 words

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 show	nsubj
2	often	often	ADV	_	3 show	advmod
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 moments	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moments	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 moments	amod
7	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 has	mark
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	parataxis
13	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 has	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 downs	cc
15	downs	down	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ups	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	They				moment	often property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	real life	ups and downs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They show life exactly as it 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	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 show	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 is	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 is	nsubj
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 show	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	They	life				exactly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Recipient
2	be	present	life						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They show only the worst 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 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 moments	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moments	det
5	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 moments	amod
6	moments	moment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	They				moment		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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