Exam question 3 · Where did you read that? Checking sources

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the encyclopaedia Wikipedia as a source?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: encyclopaedia

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 encyclopaedia	det
10	encyclopaedia	encyclopaedia	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	Wikipedia	Wikipedia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 encyclopaedia	appos
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 source	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 source	det
14	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the encyclopaedia				of the following statements; as a source; accurately 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

An infallible authority incapable of error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 incapable	det
2	infallible	infallible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 incapable	amod
3	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	compound
4	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 error	case
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 incapable	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A source that may on no account be edited by members of the public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 source	det
2	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 edited	obj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 edited	aux
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 account	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 account	det
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edited	obl
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 edited	aux:pass
9	edited	edit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 source	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 members	case
11	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 edited	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 public	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 public	det
14	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	edit	may · passive	members of the public	a source		no account			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A useful starting point whose cited sources should be verified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 point	det
2	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 point	amod
3	starting	starting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 point	compound
4	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 verified	nsubj:pass
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 sources	nmod:poss
6	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sources	amod
7	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 point	nmod
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 verified	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 verified	aux:pass
10	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cite	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	verify	should · passive		a useful starting point a useful starting point a useful starting point's cited sources's cited sources					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A source invariably false in its entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 source	det
2	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 false	advmod
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 source	amod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 entirety	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 entirety	nmod:poss
7	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 false	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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