Exam question 1 · Adverts, slogans and polls

Identify the purpose of the statement "paid for by" which is required to appear in campaign advertisements in many jurisdictions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, statement · What happens: identify, pay for, require, appear, purpose · To what, where: purpose, statement, campaign advertisements

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 statement	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 statement	det
6	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 statement	punct
8	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 statement	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	8 paid	compound:prt
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 required	mark
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 by	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 required	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 required	aux:pass
14	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 paid	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 appear	mark
16	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 required	xcomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 advertisements	case
18	campaign	campaign	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 advertisements	compound
19	advertisements	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 appear	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 jurisdictions	case
21	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 jurisdictions	amod
22	jurisdictions	jurisdiction	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 advertisements	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of the statement		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	pay for in a quote	participle		the statement not said here		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	require	present · passive				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	appear	to-infinitive			campaign advertisements in many jurisdictions	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in advertisement=Location
5	purpose		the statement			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To inform the viewer of the person or body which financed the advertisement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 inform	mark
2	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 viewer	det
4	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inform	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 viewer	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 body	cc
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 financed	nsubj
11	financed	finance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 person	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 advertisement	det
13	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 financed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	to-infinitive		the viewer of the person or body					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent viewer=Recipient
2	finance	past	the person or body	the advertisement					tree rules

Option 2

To indicate that the advertisement constitutes impartial news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 constitutes	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advertisement	det
5	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitutes	nsubj
6	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 indicate	ccomp
7	impartial	impartial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 news	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	constitute	present	the advertisement	impartial news					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme news=Pivot

Option 3

To certify that the advertisement is accurate in every respect and has been checked by the courts

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 certify	mark
2	certify	certify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 accurate	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advertisement	det
5	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accurate	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 accurate	cop
7	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 certify	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 respect	det
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accurate	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 checked	cc
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 checked	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 checked	aux:pass
14	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 accurate	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 courts	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 courts	det
17	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	certify	to-infinitive				vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the advertisement	every respect	accurate property	tree rules
3	check	present · perfect · passive	the courts			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To announce the result of the forthcoming election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 announce	mark
2	announce	announce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 result	det
4	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announce	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 election	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 election	det
7	forthcoming	forthcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 election	amod
8	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 result	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	to-infinitive		the result of the forthcoming election					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme
2	result			the forthcoming election					nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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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