Exam question 3 · Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim

It is given that a recording of five seconds' duration appears to report an intention to close all schools. Identify the course of action most appropriate.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: recording, you · What happens: give, appear, report, close, identify · To what, where: It, intention, schools, course

This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Putting it together: explain each side, check the claim» 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 given that a recording of five seconds' duration appears to report an intention to close all schools.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 appears	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 recording	det
6	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 appears	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 duration	case
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 seconds	nummod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 duration	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 seconds	case
11	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recording	nmod
12	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 report	mark
14	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 appears	xcomp
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 intention	det
16	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 report	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 close	mark
18	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 report	xcomp
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 schools	det
20	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 close	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	appear	present	a recording of five seconds's duration		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	report	to-infinitive	a recording of five seconds's duration not said here	a intention	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent intention=Theme clause=Attribute
4	close	to-infinitive	a recording of five seconds's duration not said here	all schools	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=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.

Sentence 2: Identify the course of action most appropriate.

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 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 appropriate	advmod
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
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 course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Reliance upon the number of persons who have viewed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reliance	reliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	4 number	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reliance	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 number	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 viewed	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 viewed	aux
9	viewed	view	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 persons	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 viewed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	view	present · perfect	persons	number					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Immediate circulation of the recording to all acquaintances, lest they remain uninformed of the danger

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 circulation	amod
2	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 recording	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 recording	det
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 circulation	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 acquaintances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 acquaintances	det
8	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recording	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 uninformed	punct
10	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	13 uninformed	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 uninformed	nsubj
12	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 uninformed	aux
13	uninformed	uninform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 circulation	acl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 danger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 danger	det
16	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 uninformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	uninform	present	acquaintances = acquaintance	Immediate circulation of the recording to all acquaintances not said here				of the danger	tree rules
2	circulate			the recording to all acquaintances					nom circulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Consultation of the complete recording, lest a word altering the meaning have been omitted

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 omitted	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 recording	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 recording	det
4	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 recording	amod
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 word	punct
7	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	9 word	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Consultation	appos
10	altering	alter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 word	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 meaning	det
12	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 altering	obj
13	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 omitted	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 omitted	aux:pass
15	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	alter	gerund	a word not said here	the meaning	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2	omit	present · perfect · passive		Consultation of the complete recording	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	consult		the complete recording		nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Acceptance of the recording upon the strength of its brevity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 recording	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 recording	det
4	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acceptance	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 strength	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 strength	det
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Acceptance	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 brevity	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brevity	nmod:poss
10	brevity	brevity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept			the recording				upon the strength of strength's brevity	nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

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