Exam question 3 · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

Whereas a relative has circulated a fabricated video in the belief that it was genuine, select the response most consistent with good practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: relative, you · What happens: circulate, be, select · To what, where: relative, belief, response

This is exam question 3 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 circulated	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 relative	det
3	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 circulated	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 circulated	aux
5	circulated	circulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 select	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 video	det
7	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 video	amod
8	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 circulated	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 belief	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 belief	det
11	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 circulated	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 genuine	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 genuine	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 genuine	cop
15	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 belief	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 circulated	punct
17	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 consistent	advmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 practice	case
23	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 practice	amod
24	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	circulate	present · perfect · passive		a relative	the belief		tree rules
2	is	past	relative	the belief not said here		genuine property	tree rules
3	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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

Further circulation of the video to additional persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 circulation	amod
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 video	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 video	det
5	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circulation	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 persons	case
7	additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 persons	amod
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 circulation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate			the video				to additional persons	nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A courteous private communication indicating the means of verification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 communication	det
2	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 communication	amod
3	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 communication	amod
4	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
5	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 communication	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 indicating	obj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 verification	case
9	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	gerund	a courteous private communication not said here	the					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot the=Topic
2	mean	present	a courteous private communication					of verification	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Public ridicule within the group in which it was circulated, so as to discourage any repetition

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ridicule	amod
2	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discourage	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 group	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ridicule	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 circulated	obl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 circulated	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 circulated	aux:pass
10	circulated	circulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 group	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 discourage	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 discourage	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 discourage	mark
14	to	to	PART	_	15 discourage	mark
15	discourage	discourage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 repetition	det
17	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discourage	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circulate	past · passive		ridicule		the group			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	discourage	to-infinitive	Public ridicule within the group	any repetition					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus repetition=Experiencer

Option 4

The removal of the relative from all communication

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 relative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 relative	det
5	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 communication	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 communication	det
8	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the relative from all communication					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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