Exam question 1 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

Which of the following most accurately characterises the presentation of a statement "out of context"?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 presentation	det
9	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 statement	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 statement	det
12	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 presentation	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 context	punct
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 context	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 context	case
16	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 statement	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 context	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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 presentation of a statement	accurately property	tree rules
3	present		a statement		nom presentation «act 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 right answer

Its separation from the surrounding material such that its meaning is altered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 separation	nmod:poss
2	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 altered	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 material	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 material	det
5	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 material	compound
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 separation	nmod
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 meaning	case
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 such	fixed
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 meaning	nmod:poss
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 material	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 altered	aux:pass
12	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	alter	present · passive		Its separation from the surrounding material such separation's meaning		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	separate		Its = it		the surrounding material such separation's meaning	nom separation «state intransitive»: poss=agent from=place
3	mean		separation			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Its broadcast upon a channel other than the original, such that its meaning is altered for a different audience

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 broadcast	nmod:poss
2	broadcast	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 other	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 channel	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 channel	det
5	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broadcast	nmod
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	20 audience	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 audience	det
9	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 audience	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 altered	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 altered	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 altered	mark
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 meaning	nmod:poss
14	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 altered	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 altered	aux:pass
16	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 audience	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 audience	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 audience	det
19	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 audience	amod
20	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 other	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	alter	present · passive		broadcast's meaning		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	broadcast		Its = it		upon a channel	nom broadcast «communication transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl
3	mean		broadcast			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Its recording at a location outside a building

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 recording	nmod:poss
2	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 location	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 location	det
5	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recording	nmod
6	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 building	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 building	det
8	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 location	nmod

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

Option 4

Its delivery at a volume insufficient to be heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 delivery	nmod:poss
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 insufficient	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 volume	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 volume	det
5	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 heard	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 heard	aux:pass
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 insufficient	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	to-infinitive · passive							vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»
2	deliver		Its = it			a volume			nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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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