Exam question 4 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the inference that a new rule is universally disliked because one angry man was shown on television?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, dislike, show · To what, where: inference, new rule, one angry man, television

This is exam question 4 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 inference	det
10	inference	inference	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 disliked	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rule	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rule	amod
14	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 disliked	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 disliked	aux:pass
16	universally	universally	ADV	_	17 disliked	advmod
17	disliked	dislike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	23 shown	mark
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 man	nummod
20	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 man	amod
21	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shown	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 shown	aux:pass
23	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 disliked	advcl
24	on	on	ADP	_	25 television	case
25	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shown	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the inference		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	dislike	present · passive	a new rule		universally property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
4	show	past · passive	one angry man	television		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

Reporters invariably select the most typical citizen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reporters	reporter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 select	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 select	advmod
3	select	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 citizen	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 typical	advmod
6	typical	typical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 citizen	amod
7	citizen	citizen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 select	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	present	Reporters	the typical citizen				invariably property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent citizen=Theme

Option 2

Public opinion cannot be measured by any method

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 opinion	amod
2	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measured	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 measured	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 measured	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 measured	aux:pass
6	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 method	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 method	det
9	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not measure	can · passive	any method	Public opinion					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme subject=Value

Option 3

A single interviewee is sufficient to establish the opinion of the public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 interviewee	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 interviewee	amod
3	interviewee	interviewee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sufficient	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sufficient	cop
5	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 establish	mark
7	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sufficient	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 opinion	det
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 establish	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 public	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 public	det
12	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a single interviewee		sufficient property	tree rules
2	establish	to-infinitive	a single interviewee not said here	the opinion of the public		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
3	opine			the public		nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One interviewee does not establish the opinion of the population

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 interviewee	nummod
2	interviewee	interviewee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 establish	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 establish	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 establish	advmod
5	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 opinion	det
7	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 establish	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 population	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 population	det
10	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 opinion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not establish	present · do-support	One interviewee	the opinion of the population					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
2	opine			the population					nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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