Exam question 2 · April Fools' Day

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the BBC broadcast of 1957 depicting the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, depict, cultivate · To what, where: response, BBC broadcast, cultivation, spaghetti

This is exam question 2 of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 broadcast	det
11	BBC	BBC	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 broadcast	compound
12	broadcast	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 1957	case
14	1957	1957	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 broadcast	nmod
15	depicting	depict	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cultivation	det
17	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 depicting	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 spaghetti	case
19	spaghetti	spaghetti	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cultivation	nmod
20	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 trees	case
21	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 spaghetti	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the BBC broadcast of 1957		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus broadcast=Experiencer
4	depict	gerund	the established facts not said here	the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cultivation=Theme
5	cultivate			spaghetti upon trees		nom cultivation «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

It was a genuine agricultural report from Switzerland

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	6 report	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 report	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 report	det
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 report	amod
5	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 report	amod
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Switzerland	case
8	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 report	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a genuine agricultural report		Switzerland			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was a spoof which numerous viewers believed

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 spoof	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spoof	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spoof	det
4	spoof	spoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 believed	obj
6	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 viewers	amod
7	viewers	viewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 believed	nsubj
8	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spoof	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a spoof					tree rules
2	believe	past	numerous viewers	a spoof					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

Option 3

It was disregarded by all viewers

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 disregarded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disregarded	aux:pass
3	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 viewers	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 viewers	det
6	viewers	viewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	past · passive	all viewers	It					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It was broadcast in error

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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broadcast	aux:pass
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 error	case
5	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broadcast	obl

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

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