Exam question 2 · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

Identify the principal reason for which news may appear more frightening than the world truly is.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal reason, world · What happens: identify, appear, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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	9 appear	nsubj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 news	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 news	det
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	nmod
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 appear	aux
9	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	ccomp
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 frightening	advmod
11	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 appear	xcomp
12	than	than	SCONJ	_	16 is	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 is	nsubj
15	truly	truly	ADV	_	16 is	advmod
16	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 frightening	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	appear	may	the principal reason for which news	frightening property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be	present	the world	truly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It shows the worst things and often not the helpers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 things	det
4	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 helpers	cc
7	often	often	ADV	_	10 helpers	advmod
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 helpers	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 helpers	det
10	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 things	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	the worst things and the helpers					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient

Option 2

It is always untrue, being written to sell more newspapers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 untrue	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 untrue	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 untrue	advmod
4	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 written	punct
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 written	aux:pass
7	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 untrue	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sell	mark
9	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 written	xcomp
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 newspapers	amod
11	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		always, untrue property	tree rules
2	write	gerund · passive				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
3	sell	to-infinitive		more newspapers		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Theme

Option 3

It is made with special effects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 effects	case
5	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 effects	amod
6	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				with special effects	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

It is broadcast only at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broadcast	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 broadcast	aux:pass
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	broadcast speech: other	present · passive		It			night		vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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