--- title: Ascertain the classification appropriate to an image, widely circula… — Famous people are people: privacy, sca… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the classification appropriate to an image, widely circulated, which ridicules the physical appearance of a television presenter. Exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/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/) / [Famous people are people: privacy, sca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories Ascertain the classification appropriate to an image, widely circulated, which ridicules the physical appearance of a television presenter. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, circulate, ridicule · **To what, where:** classification, physical appearance This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «Famous people are people: privacy, scams and kind stories» 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/48-famous-people-are-people/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the classification appropriate to an image, widely circulated, which ridicules the physical appearance of a television presenter. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 classification classification NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 widely widely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 circulated circulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ridicules ridicule VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 television television NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 presenter presenter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the classification | | | | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent classification=Topic | | 2 | **circulate** | participle | | | | | | widely *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ridicule** | present | | the physical appearance of a television presenter | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme | 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} Harmless entertainment, given the subject's fame ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e4:o1:1 # text = Harmless entertainment, given the subject's fame 1 Harmless harmless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | Harmless entertainment *not said here* | the subject's fame | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fame=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Bullying, irrespective of the number who share it ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e4:o2:1 # text = Bullying, irrespective of the number who share it 1 Bullying bullying NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 irrespective irrespective ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | Bullying and the number | number | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Constructive advice concerning appearance ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e4:o3:1 # text = Constructive advice concerning appearance 1 Constructive constructive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | Constructive advice *not said here* | appearance | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appearance=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Legitimate news of public importance ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:48-famous-people-are-people:e4:o4:1 # text = Legitimate news of public importance 1 Legitimate legitimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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