Exam question 4 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

Whereas a fabricated quotation originates from a satire account and is subsequently shared without its label, identify the most appropriate course of action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account · What happens: originate, share, identify, label · To what, where: satire account, appropriate course

This is exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 quotation	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 quotation	det
3	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quotation	amod
4	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 originates	obl
5	originates	originate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 account	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 account	det
8	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	compound
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 originates	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shared	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 shared	aux:pass
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 shared	advmod
13	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 originates	conj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 label	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 label	nmod:poss
16	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shared	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 identify	punct
18	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 originates	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 course	det
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 appropriate	advmod
21	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 course	amod
22	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 identify	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 action	case
24	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 course	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 originates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	originate	present			a satire account	whereas a fabricated quotation	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	share	present · passive				without account's label; subsequently property	tree rules
3	identify	infinitive		the appropriate course of action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	label		account				nom label «communication transitive»: poss=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 quotation shall be attributed to the satire account's readers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quotation	det
2	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 attributed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 attributed	aux:pass
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	11 readers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
8	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	compound
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 readers	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 account	case
11	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	shall · passive		the quotation				to the satire account's readers	tree rules

Option 2

The quotation shall be accepted as genuine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quotation	det
2	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accepted	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 accepted	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 accepted	aux:pass
5	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 genuine	case
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	shall · passive		the quotation				as genuine	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as genuine=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The origin of the quotation shall be verified prior to sharing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 origin	det
2	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 verified	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 quotation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 quotation	det
5	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 origin	nmod
6	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 verified	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 verified	aux:pass
8	verified	verify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 sharing	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 verified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify	shall · passive		the origin of the quotation				prior sharing	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

The quotation shall be shared without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quotation	det
2	quotation	quotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shared	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shared	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shared	aux:pass
5	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 delay	case
7	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	shall · passive		the quotation				without delay	tree rules

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