Exam question 4 · The YouTuber who is right about everything

Which of the following most accurately characterises the assertion that a claim is true because its author has ten million subscribers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: claim, author · What happens: follow, characteris, be, have · To what, where: assertion, million subscribers

This is exam question 4 of lesson 174 «The YouTuber who is right about everything» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 assertion	det
9	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 true	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 claim	det
12	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 true	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 assertion	acl
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 has	mark
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 author	nmod:poss
17	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 has	nsubj
18	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	advcl
19	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 million	compound
20	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 subscribers	nummod
21	subscribers	subscriber	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 has	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the assertion	accurately property	tree rules
3	is	present	a claim	the assertion not said here	true property	tree rules
4	have	present	claim's author	million subscribers		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subscriber=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 right answer

An appeal to popularity which does not establish truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 appeal	det
2	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 popularity	case
4	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appeal	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 establish	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 establish	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 establish	advmod
8	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 appeal	acl:relcl
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 establish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not establish	present · do-support	a appeal to popularity	truth					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Patient

Option 2

A scientific verification of the claim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 verification	det
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 verification	amod
3	verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 claim	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 claim	det
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 verification	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verify			the claim					nom verification «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A fair sample of expert opinion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sample	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sample	amod
3	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 opinion	case
5	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opinion	compound
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sample	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sample			expert opinion					nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A guarantee of accuracy issued by the platform on which it appears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 guarantee	det
2	guarantee	guarantee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 accuracy	case
4	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guarantee	nmod
5	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 guarantee	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 platform	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 platform	det
8	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 issued	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 appears	obl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 appears	nsubj
12	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 platform	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		a guarantee of accuracy not said here		by the platform	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by platform=Location
2	appear	present	it		the platform		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location
3	guarantee			accuracy			nom guarantee «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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