Exam question 1 · Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos

Identify the principal reason for which the addition of an approving symbol to a derisive post is wrongful.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, addition · What happens: identify, approve, be · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 363 «Mean messages, fake ages and sharing photos» 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	18 wrongful	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 addition	det
8	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wrongful	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 symbol	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 symbol	det
11	approving	approve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 symbol	amod
12	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 addition	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 post	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 post	det
15	derisive	derisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 post	amod
16	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 symbol	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wrongful	cop
18	wrongful	wrongful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl
19	.	.	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	approve	gerund				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	the addition of a approving symbol to a derisive post		for the principal reason; wrongful 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 · ← Mova's choice

Symbols are not a form of communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Symbols	symbol	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 form	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 form	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 communication	case
7	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Symbols	a form				of communication	tree rules

Option 2

It is without effect upon the subject

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 effect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 effect	cop
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 effect	case
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 subject	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 subject	det
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					without effect; upon the subject	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes participation in the derision

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	participation	participation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 derision	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 derision	det
6	derision	derision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	participation		the derision			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme participation=Pivot

Option 4

Responsibility rests solely with the original author

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rests	nsubj
2	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 rests	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 author	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 author	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 author	amod
7	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Responsibility					with the original author; solely property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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