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title: Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "… — Tabloids, «sources close to» and the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "sources close to" a public figure. Exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 1 · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

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Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "sources close to" a public figure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, attribute · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, report

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» 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/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency of a report attributed solely to "sources close to" a public figure.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal deficiency of a report |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | a report *not said here* |  |  |  | solely *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The origin of the claim cannot be verified by the reader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e1:o1:1
# text = The origin of the claim cannot be verified by the reader
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **verify** | can · passive | the reader | the origin of the claim |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The report must by law be entirely false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e1:o2:1
# text = The report must by law be entirely false
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | the report by law |  |  |  |  | entirely, false *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** |  | law |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The report has been checked by a court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e1:o3:1
# text = The report has been checked by a court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present · perfect · passive | a court | the report |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The figure concerned has personally and publicly confirmed the claim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e1:o4:1
# text = The figure concerned has personally and publicly confirmed the claim
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the figure |  |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **confirm** | past | the figure *not said here* | the claim |  |  |  | publicly *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claim=Topic |

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**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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