Exam question 2 · The news: who makes it and how

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning initial reports of breaking news.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, initial reports · What happens: select, establish, concern, break · To what, where: response, initial reports, news

This is exam question 2 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reports	amod
11	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 breaking	mark
13	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reports	acl
14	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breaking	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	initial reports		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus report=Experiencer
4	break	gerund	initial reports not said here	news		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient

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

Such reports are frequently incomplete or inaccurate and are revised as facts emerge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	amod
2	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 incomplete	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 incomplete	cop
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 incomplete	advmod
5	incomplete	incomplete	ADV	_	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 inaccurate	cc
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 incomplete	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 revised	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 revised	aux:pass
10	revised	revise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 incomplete	conj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 facts	case
12	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 emerge	obl
13	emerge	emerge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 revised	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such reports	frequently, incomplete property	tree rules
2	revise	present · passive	Such reports not said here		tree rules
3	emerge	infinitive	Such reports not said here	as facts	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Such reports are fabricated deliberately by broadcasters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	amod
2	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fabricated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fabricated	aux:pass
4	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	4 fabricated	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 broadcasters	case
7	broadcasters	broadcaster	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fabricated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fabricate	present · passive	broadcasters	Such reports				deliberately property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 3

Such reports are prohibited from subsequent amendment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	amod
2	reports	report	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	from	from	ADP	_	7 amendment	case
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amendment	amod
7	amendment	amendment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Such reports		subsequent amendment			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from amendment=Eventuality

Option 4

Such reports are invariably accurate in every particular and are never subsequently revised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	amod
2	reports	report	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	in	in	ADP	_	8 particular	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 particular	det
8	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 accurate	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 revised	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 revised	aux:pass
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 revised	advmod
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 revised	advmod
13	revised	revise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 accurate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such reports			every particular		accurate, invariably property	tree rules
2	not revise	present · passive	Such reports not said here					subsequently property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»

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