Exam question 4 · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a video which predicts the end of the world within one year.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, video · What happens: select, establish, concern, predict · To what, where: response, video, end

This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» of the reflection 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 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 video	det
11	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 predicts	nsubj
13	predicts	predict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 video	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 end	det
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 predicts	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 end	nmod
19	within	within	ADP	_	21 year	case
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 year	nummod
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 predicts	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a video			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus video=Experiencer
4	predict	present	a video	the end of the world	year		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot end=Topic

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

Such claims have been confirmed by the scientific community

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	amod
2	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 confirmed	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 confirmed	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 confirmed	aux:pass
5	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 community	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 community	det
8	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 community	amod
9	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confirmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	present · perfect · passive	the scientific community	Such claims					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

Option 2

Such claims are reliable where the video has received numerous views

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	amod
2	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reliable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reliable	cop
4	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 received	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 video	det
7	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reliable	advcl
10	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 views	amod
11	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 received	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Such claims					reliable property	tree rules
2	receive	present · perfect · passive		the video					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme view=Location

Option 3

Such claims cannot under any circumstances be examined

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	amod
2	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 examined	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 examined	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 examined	advmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 circumstances	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 circumstances	det
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 examined	obl
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 examined	aux:pass
9	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not examine	can · passive		Such claims		any circumstances			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such claims have recurred for many years without fulfilment and warrant verification

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	amod
2	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recurred	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recurred	aux
4	recurred	recur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 years	amod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recurred	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 fulfilment	case
9	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recurred	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 verification	cc
11	warrant	warrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 verification	compound
12	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fulfilment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recur	present · perfect · passive		Such claims			year	without fulfilment and warrant verification	tree rules

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