Exam question 1 · The news: who makes it and how

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of an editor?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics 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 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 editor	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 editor	det
13	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
14	?	?	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 function of a editor				of the following statements; 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The selection, ordering and verification of the stories to be published

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ordering	punct
4	ordering	ordering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 verification	cc
6	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selection	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stories	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stories	det
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 verification	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 published	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 published	aux:pass
12	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 selection	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	to-infinitive · passive							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»
2	verify			the stories					nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The gathering of information exclusively at the scene of events, without any subsequent checking

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gathering	det
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scene	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 information	case
4	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathering	nmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	8 scene	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 scene	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scene	det
8	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 scene	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 checking	punct
12	without	without	ADP	_	15 checking	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 checking	det
14	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 checking	amod
15	checking	checking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scene	conj

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

Option 3

The counting of votes on behalf of a broadcaster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 counting	det
2	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 votes	case
4	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 counting	nmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 behalf	case
6	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 votes	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 broadcaster	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 broadcaster	det
9	broadcaster	broadcaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count		votes on behalf of a broadcaster						nom counting «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The expression of personal opinion upon each item of news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 opinion	case
4	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 opinion	amod
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 item	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 item	det
8	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 news	case
10	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 item	nmod

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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