Exam question 3 · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★

Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, practice · To what, where: description, cherry picking

This is exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 description	det
3	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 description	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 practice	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 practice	det
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 picking	case
10	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 picking	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 cherry	punct
12	picking	picking	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 practice	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the description					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Theme
2	practice			cherry picking					nom practice «act transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The examination of every portion of the evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 examination	det
2	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 portion	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 portion	det
5	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 examination	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 evidence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 portion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine			every portion of the evidence					nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The correction of an error in public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 correction	det
2	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 error	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 error	det
5	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 correction	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 public	case
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 error	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct			a error in public					nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The consultation of several independent outlets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consultation	det
2	consultation	consultation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 outlets	case
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 outlets	amod
5	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 outlets	amod
6	outlets	outlet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consultation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult		several independent outlets						nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The selection solely of the portions that support one view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 selection	det
2	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 selection	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 portions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 portions	det
6	portions	portion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 selection	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 support	nsubj
8	support	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 portions	acl:relcl
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 view	nummod
10	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 support	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	present	the portions	one view					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus
2	select			the portions					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

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