Exam question 2 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the content of news reports?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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 content	det
10	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 reports	case
12	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reports	compound
13	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 content	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 content of news reports				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

They emphasise events that are new and significant, frequently those that have gone wrong

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 emphasise	nsubj
2	emphasise	emphasise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 emphasise	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 new	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 new	cop
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 events	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 significant	cc
8	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 new	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gone	punct
10	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	14 gone	advmod
11	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 gone	nsubj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 gone	nsubj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 gone	aux
14	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 emphasise	parataxis
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gone	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	emphasise	present	They	events		tree rules
2	is	present	events		new property	tree rules
3	be		events not said here			tree rules
4	go	present · perfect	those		frequently, wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They present a complete account of every event occurring in the world, both favourable and unfavourable

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 present	nsubj
2	present	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 account	det
4	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 account	amod
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 present	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 event	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 account	nmod
9	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 event	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occurring	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 favourable	punct
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 favourable	advmod
15	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 present	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 unfavourable	cc
17	unfavourable	unfavourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 favourable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	present	present	They	a complete account of every event		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	occur	gerund	every event not said here		the world	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location
3	account			every event		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They report exclusively favourable events

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 report	nsubj
2	report	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 report	advmod
4	favourable	favourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 events	amod
5	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 report	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	They	favourable events				exclusively property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Patient

Option 4

They report only events concerning the viewer's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 report	nsubj
2	report	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 events	advmod
4	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 report	obj
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 events	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 viewer	det
7	viewer	viewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 viewer	case
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	They	events					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Patient
2	concern	gerund	events not said here	the viewer's family					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer

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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