Exam question 4 · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a broadcast.

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

This is exam question 4 of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 broadcast	det
13	broadcast	broadcast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a broadcast		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus broadcast=Experiencer

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

One sender transmits a private message to one person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sender	nummod
2	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmits	nsubj
3	transmits	transmit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 message	det
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 message	amod
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmits	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 person	nummod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present	One sender	a private message	one person				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to person=Destination

Option 2

Many senders transmit to one person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 senders	amod
2	senders	sender	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transmit	nsubj
3	transmit	transmit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 person	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 person	nummod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present	Many senders		one person				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to person=Destination

Option 3

Messages are carried by hand from house to house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 house	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 house	case
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	hand	Messages		house		to house	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from house=Initial_Location to house=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One sender transmits the same message to many people at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 sender	nummod
2	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmits	nsubj
3	transmits	transmit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 message	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 message	amod
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transmits	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transmits	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 transmits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transmit	present	One sender	the same message	many people				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to people=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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