Exam question 4 · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

Ascertain the course of conduct most consistent with prudence upon hearing rumours of a death in the community.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, death · What happens: ascertain, hear, rumour · To what, where: course, rumours

This is exam question 4 of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» of the religion ethics 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	Ascertain	ascertain	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 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 conduct	case
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 conduct	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 prudence	case
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 hearing	mark
11	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 consistent	advcl
12	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hearing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 death	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 death	det
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rumours	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 community	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 community	det
18	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 death	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of conduct	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	hear	gerund	you not said here	rumours of a death in the community	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
3	rumour		a death in the community		nom rumour «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

To disseminate the rumour as widely as possible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disseminate	mark
2	disseminate	disseminate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disseminate	obj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 widely	advmod
6	widely	widely	ADV	_	2 disseminate	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 possible	mark
8	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 widely	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disseminate	to-infinitive		the rumour				widely property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent rumour=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To refrain from repetition and await reliable information

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 refrain	mark
2	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 repetition	case
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refrain	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 await	cc
6	await	await	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 refrain	conj
7	reliable	reliable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 information	amod
8	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 await	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	to-infinitive				repetition			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from repetition=Eventuality
2	await	infinitive		reliable information					tree rules

Option 3

To embellish the rumour for the interest and entertainment of others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 embellish	mark
2	embellish	embellish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rumour	det
4	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embellish	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 interest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 interest	det
7	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embellish	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 entertainment	cc
9	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 interest	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 others	case
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 interest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embellish	to-infinitive		the rumour				for the interest of others and entertainment	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rumour=Destination
2	interest			others					nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

To visit the location of the incident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 visit	mark
2	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visit	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 incident	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 incident	det
7	incident	incident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 location	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	to-infinitive		the location of the incident					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Co-Agent

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