Exam question 2 · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a video purporting to show a politician making a statement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, video, politician · What happens: select, establish, concern, purport, show, make · To what, where: response, video, politician, statement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 video	det
11	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	purporting	purport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 video	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 show	mark
14	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 purporting	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 politician	det
16	politician	politician	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 show	obj
17	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 politician	acl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 statement	det
19	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 making	obj
20	.	.	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	a video		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus video=Experiencer
4	purport	gerund	a video not said here			tree rules
5	show	to-infinitive	a video not said here	a politician		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent politician=Recipient
6	make	gerund	a politician not said here	a statement		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset statement=Product

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

It may be shared provided the viewer is angry

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 shared	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shared	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shared	aux:pass
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 provided	parataxis
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 viewer	det
7	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 angry	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 angry	cop
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	may · passive		It		tree rules
2	provide	past				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition
3	is	present	the viewer		angry property	tree rules

Option 2

Its authenticity is guaranteed by the fact that it is a video, videos being impossible to alter by any means

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 authenticity	nmod:poss
2	authenticity	authenticity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guaranteed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guaranteed	aux:pass
4	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fact	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fact	det
7	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guaranteed	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 video	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 video	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 video	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 video	det
12	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fact	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 videos	punct
14	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 video	conj
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 impossible	cop
16	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 videos	amod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 alter	mark
18	alter	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 impossible	xcomp
19	by	by	SCONJ	_	21 means	mark
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 means	nsubj
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guaranteed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present · passive	the fact	Its authenticity		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Theme
2	is a	present	authenticity	a video and videos		tree rules
3	is	gerund			impossible property	tree rules
4	alter	to-infinitive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	mean	present	any			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its authenticity should be ascertained through reputable news sources before it is believed or shared

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 authenticity	nmod:poss
2	authenticity	authenticity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ascertained	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ascertained	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 ascertained	aux:pass
5	ascertained	ascertain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 sources	case
7	reputable	reputable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sources	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sources	compound
9	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ascertained	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 believed	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 believed	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 believed	aux:pass
13	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ascertained	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 shared	cc
15	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 believed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	should · passive	Its authenticity	reputable news sources	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	believe	present · passive	authenticity		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
3	share	participle			tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes conclusive proof of the statement

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	conclusive	conclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proof	amod
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 statement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 statement	det
7	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	conclusive proof of the statement					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme proof=Pivot
2	proof			the statement					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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