Exam question 2 · Your body and how you look

Identify the principal reason for which images in advertisements and on social media ought not to serve as a standard for one's own body.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, images · What happens: identify, not serve · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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	17 serve	obl
7	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 serve	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 advertisements	case
9	advertisements	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 images	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 media	cc
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 media	case
12	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 media	amod
13	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 images	conj
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 serve	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 serve	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 serve	mark
17	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	parataxis
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 standard	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 standard	det
20	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 serve	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	25 body	case
22	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 body	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 one	case
24	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 body	amod
25	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 serve	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	not serve	ought	images in advertisements and social media					for the principal reason; as a standard; for one's own body	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as standard=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

Such images are frequently edited and filtered, and do not show bodies as they really are

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 images	amod
2	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 edited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 edited	aux:pass
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 edited	advmod
5	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 filtered	cc
7	filtered	filter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 edited	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 show	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 show	cc
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 show	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 show	advmod
12	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 edited	parataxis
13	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 show	obj
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 are	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 are	nsubj
16	really	really	ADV	_	17 are	advmod
17	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 show	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	edit	present · passive		Such images	frequently property	tree rules
2	filter	participle				vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	not show	infinitive · do-support		bodies		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent body=Recipient
4	does	present	images = image			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Such images are invariably accurate, but depict persons of unusually advanced age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 images	amod
2	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 accurate	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 depict	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 depict	cc
8	depict	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	parataxis
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 depict	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 age	case
11	unusually	unusually	ADV	_	12 advanced	advmod
12	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 age	amod
13	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such images					accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	depict	present		persons of advanced age					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Such images depict the average body, which nobody should desire to resemble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 images	amod
2	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 depict	nsubj
3	depict	depict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
5	average	average	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 body	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depict	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 desire	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 desire	nsubj
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 desire	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 desire	aux
11	desire	desire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 body	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 resemble	mark
13	resemble	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 desire	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	depict	present	Such images	the average body	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	desire	should	the average body		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	resemble not said to happen	to-infinitive	the average body not said here		tree rules

Option 4

Such images are prohibited by law from being altered in any manner whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 images	amod
2	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 law	case
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 altered	mark
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 altered	aux:pass
9	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 prohibited	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 manner	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 manner	det
12	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 altered	obl
13	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	9 altered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	Such images					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	alter	gerund · passive	law not said here			any manner		whatsoever property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»

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