Exam question 1 · How to check: who, how, who else

Which of the following most accurately characterises "lateral reading"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: lateral reading

This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 reading	punct
9	lateral	lateral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reading	amod
10	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 reading	punct
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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		lateral reading				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 exclusive consultation of the source's description of itself, as published upon its own pages

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	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 description	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 description	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 source	case
8	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consultation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 itself	case
10	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 description	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 published	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 published	mark
13	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consultation	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 pages	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 pages	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 pages	amod
17	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 published	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	publish	participle		the exclusive consultation of the source's description of description not said here	upon description's own pages	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	consult		the source's description of description			nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
3	describe		the source	description		nom description «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
4	page		description			nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The reading of a document in an unconventional direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reading	det
2	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 document	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 document	det
5	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reading	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 direction	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 direction	det
8	unconventional	unconventional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 direction	amod
9	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 document	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read			a document in a unconventional direction					nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The repeated perusal of a single document

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 perusal	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 perusal	amod
3	perusal	perusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 document	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 document	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 document	amod
7	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perusal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	peruse			a single document					nom perusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The assessment of a source by consultation of what other sources state concerning it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assessment	det
2	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 source	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 source	det
5	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assessment	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 consultation	case
7	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assessment	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 what	case
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consultation	nmod
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sources	amod
11	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 state	nsubj
12	state	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 assessment	acl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	other sources		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	concern	gerund	the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment not said here	source	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
3	assess		consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation	a source	nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent
4	consult		the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation		nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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