Exam question 4 · Viral facts and chain messages

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the extent to which a claim is shared online.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, share · To what, where: response, extent, claim

This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» of the myths 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 extent	det
13	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 shared	obl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 claim	det
17	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shared	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 shared	aux:pass
19	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 extent	acl:relcl
20	online	online	ADV	_	19 shared	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the extent		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus extent=Experiencer
5	share	present · passive		a claim	to the extent; online 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

Its sharing by a celebrity establishes its truth

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 sharing	nmod:poss
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishes	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 celebrity	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 celebrity	det
5	celebrity	celebrity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	nmod
6	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 truth	nmod:poss
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	Its sharing by a celebrity	sharing's truth					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient

Option 2

Its sharing by a million persons conclusively establishes its truth

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 sharing	nmod:poss
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establishes	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 persons	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 million	det
5	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 persons	nummod
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sharing	nmod
7	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	8 establishes	advmod
8	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 truth	nmod:poss
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	Its sharing by million persons	sharing's truth				conclusively property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The frequency of its sharing does not establish its truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 frequency	det
2	frequency	frequency	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sharing	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sharing	nmod:poss
5	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frequency	nmod
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 establish	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 establish	advmod
8	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 truth	nmod:poss
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not establish	present · do-support	the frequency of frequency's sharing	frequency's truth					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient

Option 4

A claim widely shared is invariably false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 false	nsubj
3	widely	widely	ADV	_	4 shared	advmod
4	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claim	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 false	cop
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	7 false	advmod
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle		a claim not said here				widely property	tree rules
2	is	present	a claim					false, invariably property	tree rules

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