Exam question 4 · Cherry-picked clips and clickbait headlines

Whereas a short extract of a speech is circulated widely, select the course of verification most consistent with good practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: circulate, select · To what, where: short extract, course

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 circulated	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 extract	det
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 extract	amod
4	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 circulated	nsubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 speech	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 speech	det
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extract	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 circulated	aux:pass
9	circulated	circulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 select	advcl
10	widely	widely	ADV	_	9 circulated	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 circulated	punct
12	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 course	det
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 select	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 verification	case
16	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 course	nmod
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 verification	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 practice	case
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 practice	amod
21	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	present · passive		a short extract of a speech				widely property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the course of verification					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

Repeated viewing of the same extract until it is memorised, together with its transcription by hand

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 viewing	amod
2	viewing	viewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 memorised	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 extract	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 extract	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 extract	amod
6	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 viewing	nmod
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 memorised	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 memorised	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 memorised	aux:pass
10	memorised	memoris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 together	punct
12	together	together	ADV	_	10 memorised	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 transcription	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 transcription	nmod:poss
15	transcription	transcription	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 memorised	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 hand	case
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 memorised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	memoris	present · passive	hand	Repeated viewing of the same extract	with viewing's transcription; together property	tree rules
3	transcribe		viewing			nom transcription «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Consultation of the full recording from an official source, including the passages adjacent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 recording	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 recording	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recording	amod
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 source	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 source	det
8	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 source	amod
9	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recording	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 passages	punct
11	including	including	ADP	_	13 passages	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passages	det
13	passages	passage	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Consultation	appos
14	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 passages	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult		the full recording from a official source						nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Reliance upon the commentary appended beneath the extract

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appended	nsubj
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 commentary	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 commentary	det
4	commentary	commentary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reliance	nmod
5	appended	append	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 extract	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 extract	det
8	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	append	past	Reliance upon the commentary					beneath the extract	tree rules

Option 4

Enquiry of the account which circulated the extract

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 circulated	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 account	det
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Enquiry	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 circulated	nsubj
6	circulated	circulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 extract	det
8	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 circulated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	past	Enquiry of the account	the extract					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location extract=Theme
2	enquire			the account					nom enquiry «communication transitive»: of=patient

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