--- title: It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement co… — The royal family in the news: a queen'… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists. Determine the appropriate conclusion. Exam question 4 of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» of the adult life course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [The royal family in the news: a queen'…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio… It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists. Determine the appropriate conclusion. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two published accounts, proof, you · **What happens:** give, publish, contradict, exist, account, determine · **To what, where:** It, one, private disagreement, appropriate conclusion This is exam question 4 of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:1 # text = It is given that two published accounts of a private disagreement contradict one another and no proof exists. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 disagreement disagreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 contradict contradict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 13 fixed _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **publish** | participle | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **contradict** | infinitive | two published accounts of a private disagreement | one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **exist** | present | no proof | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **account** | | | a private disagreement | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the appropriate conclusion. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:2 # text = Determine the appropriate conclusion. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conclusion | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} That the earlier account must be correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:o1:1 # text = That the earlier account must be correct 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | That | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That the truth of the matter is not known ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:o2:1 # text = That the truth of the matter is not known 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · passive | | that truth of the matter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} That both accounts must be correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:o3:1 # text = That both accounts must be correct 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | both accounts | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the later account must be correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:e4:o4:1 # text = That the later account must be correct 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | That | | | | | correct *property* | 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. 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