Exam question 4 · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance

Whereas a person wishes to diminish the effect of an echo chamber, determine the course of action most appropriate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: wish, diminish, determine, effect · To what, where: effect, course, echo chamber

This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» 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 wishes	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wishes	nsubj
4	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 determine	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 diminish	mark
6	diminish	diminish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wishes	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 effect	det
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 diminish	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 chamber	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chamber	det
11	echo	echo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chamber	compound
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effect	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wishes	punct
14	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 determine	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 appropriate	advmod
20	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	present	a person		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	diminish not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person not said here	the effect of a echo chamber	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer effect=Patient
3	determine	imperative	you not said here	the course of action	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
4	effect			a echo chamber	nom effect «phenomenon 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 exclusive consultation of sources with which the person agrees, so as to avoid any confusion

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consultation	det
2	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consultation	amod
3	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 avoid	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sources	case
5	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 consultation	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 agrees	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 agrees	nsubj
10	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sources	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 avoid	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 avoid	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 avoid	mark
14	to	to	PART	_	15 avoid	mark
15	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 confusion	det
17	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the person		with sources	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with which=Co-Agent
2	avoid	to-infinitive	the exclusive consultation of sources	any confusion		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent confusion=Location
3	consult		sources			nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The sharing of all content received from familiar accounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sharing	det
2	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 received	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 content	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 content	det
5	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sharing	nmod
6	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 accounts	case
8	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 accounts	amod
9	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	the sharing of all content			familiar accounts			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from account=Source

Option 3

The abandonment of all sources of news whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abandonment	det
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sources	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sources	det
5	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 abandonment	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 news	case
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sources	nmod
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	7 news	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			all sources of news					nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The consultation of diverse sources, including the strongest arguments of opposing views

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consultation	det
2	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sources	case
4	diverse	diverse	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sources	amod
5	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consultation	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 arguments	punct
7	including	including	ADP	_	10 arguments	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 arguments	det
9	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 arguments	amod
10	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sources	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 views	case
12	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 views	amod
13	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arguments	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oppose	gerund			vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	consult		diverse sources and the strongest arguments of opposing views		nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
3	argue			opposing views	nom argument «communication transitive»: of=patient

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