Exam question 3 · The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal reason for the comparatively scant coverage of Sudan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, cover · To what, where: principal reason, Sudan

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others» 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	11 reason	det
10	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	16 coverage	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coverage	det
14	comparatively	comparatively	ADV	_	15 scant	advmod
15	scant	scant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coverage	amod
16	coverage	coverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reason	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Sudan	case
18	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 coverage	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the principal reason	of the following statements; for the scant coverage of Sudan; accurately property	tree rules
3	cover		Sudan		nom coverage «possession 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

The absence of any conflict whatsoever in Sudan since the conclusion of a peace agreement in the year 2023

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conflict	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 conflict	det
5	conflict	conflict	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 conflict	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Sudan	case
8	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 conflict	nmod
9	since	since	ADP	_	11 conclusion	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conclusion	det
11	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 agreement	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 agreement	det
14	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 agreement	compound
15	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conclusion	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 year	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 agreement	nmod
19	2023	2023	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			any conflict in Sudan			since the conclusion of a peace agreement in the year		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient since=obl
2	conclude			a peace agreement in the year					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The lesser importance of the lives of its inhabitants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 importance	det
2	lesser	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 importance	amod
3	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 lives	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lives	det
6	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 importance	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 inhabitants	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 inhabitants	nmod:poss
9	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lives	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The danger to, and difficulty of access for, reporters, combined with lesser familiarity among viewers

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 danger	det
2	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 difficulty	case
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 difficulty	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 difficulty	cc
6	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danger	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 access	case
8	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 difficulty	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	8 access	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reporters	punct
11	reporters	reporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 danger	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 combined	punct
13	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 reporters	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 familiarity	case
15	lesser	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 familiarity	amod
16	familiarity	familiarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 combined	obl
17	among	among	ADP	_	18 viewers	case
18	viewers	viewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 combined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		reporters not said here				with lesser familiarity; among viewers	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with familiarity=Co-Patient

Option 4

A prohibition upon any mention of Sudan in all broadcasts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 mention	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 mention	det
5	mention	mention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sudan	case
7	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mention	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 broadcasts	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 broadcasts	det
10	broadcasts	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention			Sudan					nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient

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