Exam question 4 · Adverts and how they work on you

Identify the course of action most consistent with sound reasoning upon encountering the claim "The best pizza in town".

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sound reasoning · What happens: identify, encounter · To what, where: course, claim

This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 reasoning	case
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reasoning	compound
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 encountering	mark
12	encountering	encounter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 reasoning	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 claim	det
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 encountering	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 pizza	punct
16	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pizza	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 pizza	amod
18	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 claim	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 town	case
20	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pizza	nmod
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 pizza	punct
22	.	.	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 course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	encounter	gerund	sound reasoning not said here	the claim the best pizza in town					vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer claim=Stimulus

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

Unqualified acceptance of the claim as an established fact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unqualified	unqualified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acceptance	amod
2	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 claim	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 claim	det
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acceptance	nmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 fact	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fact	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 fact	amod
9	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	accept			the claim as a established fact					nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Recognition of the claim as an opinion of the seller, not an established fact

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 claim	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 claim	det
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Recognition	nmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 opinion	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 opinion	det
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 seller	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 seller	det
10	seller	seller	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 opinion	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fact	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 fact	advmod
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fact	det
14	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 fact	amod
15	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Recognition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	establish	participle		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	recognize		the claim as a opinion of the seller	nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient
3	opine		the seller	nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Immediate purchase of the product in order that the claim may be verified by tasting

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 purchase	amod
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 product	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 product	det
5	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchase	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 product	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 verified	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 claim	det
10	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 verified	nsubj:pass
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 verified	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 verified	aux:pass
13	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 purchase	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 tasting	case
15	tasting	tasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 verified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	may · passive	tasting	the claim					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic
2	purchase			the product in order					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Notification of the police in respect of the claim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 police	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 police	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Notification	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 police	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 claim	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 claim	det
9	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notify			the police in respect of the claim					nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient
2	respect			the claim					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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