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title: Ascertain the course of action most appropriate upon encountering an… — Tabloids, «sources close to» and the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of action most appropriate upon encountering an unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman upon a social media platform. Exam question 4 of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 4 · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…

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Ascertain the course of action most appropriate upon encountering an unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman upon a social media platform.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, celebrated sportsman · **What happens:** ascertain, encounter, celebrate, report, die · **To what, where:** course, unverified report, death

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of action most appropriate upon encountering an unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman upon a social media platform.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	encountering	encounter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	unverified	unverified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **encounter** | gerund | you *not said here* | a unverified report of the death of a celebrated sportsman |  |  |  | upon a social media platform | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer report=Stimulus |
| 3 | **celebrate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **report** |  |  | the death of a celebrated sportsman |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **die** |  | a celebrated sportsman |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Immediate distribution of the report to all acquaintances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e4:o1:1
# text = Immediate distribution of the report to all acquaintances
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	acquaintances	acquaintance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** |  |  | the report to all acquaintances |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Publication of condolences upon the sportsman's page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e4:o2:1
# text = Publication of condolences upon the sportsman's page
1	Publication	publication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	condolences	condolence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** |  |  | condolences upon the sportsman's page |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **page** |  | the sportsman |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Acceptance of the report on account of its popularity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e4:o3:1
# text = Acceptance of the report on account of its popularity
1	Acceptance	acceptance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** |  |  | the report on account of account's popularity |  |  |  |  | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | account's popularity |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Consultation of a reputable news source before belief or sharing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo:e4:o4:1
# text = Consultation of a reputable news source before belief or sharing
1	Consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	reputable	reputable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** |  | a reputable news source before belief or sharing |  |  |  |  |  | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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