Exam question 1 · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises satire such as that of The Onion?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: satire

This is exam question 1 of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 that	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 satire	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Onion	case
14	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Onion	det
15	Onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 that	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		satire				of the following statements; such that; accurately property	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

Government announcements in humorous form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announcements	compound
2	announcements	announcement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 form	case
4	humorous	humorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announcements	nmod

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

Option 2

A form of advertising for newspapers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 advertising	case
4	advertising	advertising	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 newspapers	case
6	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form			advertising				for newspapers	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3

Factual news that has been carefully verified by professional journalists before publication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Factual	factual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 news	amod
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 verified	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 verified	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 verified	aux:pass
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	7 verified	advmod
7	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 news	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 journalists	case
9	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 journalists	amod
10	journalists	journalist	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 verified	obl
11	before	before	ADP	_	12 publication	case
12	publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 verified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	present · perfect · passive	professional journalists	Factual news			before publication	carefully property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

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

Invented news written as a joke, which may deceive those unaware of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 news	amod
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 news	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 joke	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 deceive	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 deceive	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 deceive	aux
10	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 joke	parataxis
11	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 unaware	det
12	unaware	unaware	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deceive	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 unaware	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	invent	participle				vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	write	participle		Invented news not said here	as a joke	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as joke=Attribute
3	deceive	may	a joke	that unaware of unaware		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unaware=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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