Exam question 2 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet
It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled. Identify the source most appropriate for verification.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: single video, you · What happens: assert, cancel, identify · To what, where: It, national election, source
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is asserted by a single video that a national election has been cancelled.
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 | 3 asserted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asserted | aux:pass |
| 3 | asserted | assert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 video | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 video | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 video | amod |
| 7 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asserted | obl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 cancelled | mark |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 election | det |
| 10 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 election | amod |
| 11 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cancelled | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 14 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 video | acl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asserted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assert | present · passive | a single video | It | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cancel | present · perfect · passive | a single video not said here | a national election | 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.
Sentence 2: Identify the source most appropriate for verification.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 source | det |
| 3 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 appropriate | advmod |
| 5 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 source | amod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 verification | case |
| 7 | verification | verification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 appropriate | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the source | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The comments appended beneath the video
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 comments | det |
| 2 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appended | nsubj |
| 3 | appended | append | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 6 video | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 video | det |
| 6 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | append | past | the comments | beneath the video | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The official electoral website or the principal news outlets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 website | det |
| 2 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 website | amod |
| 3 | electoral | electoral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 website | amod |
| 4 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 outlets | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 outlets | det |
| 7 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 outlets | amod |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 outlets | compound |
| 9 | outlets | outlet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 website | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The relative of the person who viewed the video, who is acquainted with its origin and its author
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 relative | det |
| 2 | relative | relative | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 relative | nmod |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 viewed | nsubj |
| 7 | viewed | view | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 video | det |
| 9 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 viewed | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 acquainted | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 acquainted | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 acquainted | aux:pass |
| 13 | acquainted | acquaint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 video | acl:relcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 origin | case |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 origin | nmod:poss |
| 16 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 acquainted | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 author | cc |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 author | nmod:poss |
| 19 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 origin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | view | past | the person | the video | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | acquaint speech: other | present · passive | the video | with video's origin and video's author | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
Any person who has not yet heard of the matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 heard | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 heard | advmod |
| 6 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 7 heard | advmod |
| 7 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 matter | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 matter | det |
| 10 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | present · perfect | any person | yet | of the matter | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of matter=Stimulus |
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