Exam question 4 · "It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the assertion that a cure is concealed by large companies and is therefore genuine.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, large companies · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, conceal · To what, where: response, assertion, cure

This is exam question 4 of lesson 179 «"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 assertion	det
13	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 concealed	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cure	det
16	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 concealed	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 concealed	aux:pass
18	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 assertion	acl:relcl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 companies	case
20	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 companies	amod
21	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 concealed	obl:agent
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 genuine	cc
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 genuine	cop
24	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	25 genuine	advmod
25	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 consistent	conj
26	.	.	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	the assertion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
5	conceal	present · passive	large companies	a cure		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
6	is	present	the response not said here		genuine, therefore property	tree rules

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

The alleged concealment constitutes no evidence of effectiveness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 concealment	det
2	alleged	alleged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 concealment	amod
3	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitutes	nsubj
4	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 evidence	det
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitutes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 effectiveness	case
8	effectiveness	effectiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the alleged concealment	no evidence of effectiveness					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Pivot
2	evidence			effectiveness					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Effective cures are invariably concealed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cures	amod
2	cures	cure	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 concealed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 concealed	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 concealed	advmod
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present · passive		Effective cures				invariably property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Published trials are invariably false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trials	amod
2	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 false	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 false	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 false	advmod
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish	participle							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Published trials					false, invariably property	tree rules

Option 4

The alleged concealment proves that the cure is effective and safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 concealment	det
2	alleged	alleged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 concealment	amod
3	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proves	nsubj
4	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 effective	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cure	det
7	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 effective	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 effective	cop
9	effective	effective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proves	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 safe	cc
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 effective	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	prove	present	the alleged concealment		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the cure	effective property	tree rules
3	be		the cure not said here		tree rules

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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