Exam question 3 · Debates and rows on chat shows

Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "misleading" as employed by fact checkers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, employ, mean · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 misleading	punct
13	misleading	misleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 misleading	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 employed	mark
16	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Select	advcl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 checkers	case
18	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 checkers	compound
19	checkers	checker	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 employed	obl
20	.	.	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	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	employ	participle	you not said here		by fact checkers	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mean			the term		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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

A claim which is wholly fabricated in every particular, containing no accurate statement whatsoever

The tree, 14 words

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	11 containing	nsubj
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fabricated	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fabricated	aux:pass
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 fabricated	advmod
6	fabricated	fabricate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claim	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 particular	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 particular	det
9	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fabricated	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 containing	punct
11	containing	contain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 statement	det
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 statement	amod
14	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 containing	obj
15	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	11 containing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fabricate	present · passive		a claim		every particular		wholly property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	contain	gerund	a claim	no accurate statement				whatsoever property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot statement=Theme

Option 2

A claim which cannot be checked by any means

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	10 means	nsubj
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 checked	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 checked	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 checked	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 checked	aux:pass
7	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claim	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 any	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 checked	obl
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	can · passive		a claim				by any	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	mean	present	a claim						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A claim which is partly accurate yet conveys an erroneous overall impression

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	8 conveys	nsubj
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 accurate	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 accurate	cop
5	partly	partly	ADV	_	6 accurate	advmod
6	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claim	acl:relcl
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	6 accurate	advmod
8	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 impression	det
10	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 impression	amod
11	overall	overall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 impression	amod
12	impression	impression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conveys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a claim				yet	accurate, partly property	tree rules
2	convey	present	a claim	a erroneous overall impression					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent impression=Topic

Option 4

A claim which is accurate in every respect

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	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 accurate	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 accurate	cop
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claim	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 respect	det
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accurate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a claim			every respect		accurate property	tree rules

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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