Exam question 1 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

Which of the following most accurately characterises the appropriate classification of a claim for which no verification has yet been undertaken?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, undertake · To what, where: verification

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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	10 classification	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 classification	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 classification	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 classification	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	10 classification	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 classification	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 classification	det
9	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 classification	amod
10	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 claim	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 claim	det
13	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 classification	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 undertaken	obl
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 verification	det
17	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 undertaken	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 undertaken	aux
19	yet	yet	ADV	_	21 undertaken	advmod
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 undertaken	aux:pass
21	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 claim	acl:relcl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 classification	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the appropriate classification; of a claim; accurately property	tree rules
3	undertake	present · perfect · passive	no verification	yet	for a claim	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

It is to be regarded as established beyond doubt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 established	mark
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 regarded	xcomp
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	9 doubt	case
9	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 established	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	establish	participle						beyond doubt	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is to be regarded as not yet determined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 determined	mark
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 determined	advmod
8	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 determined	advmod
9	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 regarded	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not determine	participle					yet		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is to be regarded as satire by its author

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 satire	case
7	satire	satire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 author	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 author	nmod:poss
10	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive	satire's author	It				as satire	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as satire=Value

Option 4

It is to be regarded as false until it is proven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 regarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 false	case
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 regarded	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 proven	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 proven	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 proven	aux:pass
11	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 regarded	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		It				as false	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as false=Value
2	prove	present · passive		it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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