--- title: Identify the principal distinction between a news report and an opin… — Elections, crime, the weather, breakin… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal distinction between a news report and an opinion programme. Exam question 1 of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/e1/) [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/) / [Elections, crime, the weather, breakin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o… Identify the principal distinction between a news report and an opinion programme. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal distinction This is exam question 1 of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal distinction between a news report and an opinion programme. 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 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 programme programme NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal distinction | | | | between a news report and a opinion programme | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=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} The former is broadcast loudly; the latter quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e1:o1:1 # text = The former is broadcast loudly; the latter quietly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 broadcast broadcast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | present · passive | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S» | ### Option 2 {#o2} There exists no distinction whatsoever between them ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e1:o2:1 # text = There exists no distinction whatsoever between them 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | present | | no distinction | | there | | between them *= they*; whatsoever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The former is always false; the latter is always true, without exception ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e1:o3:1 # text = The former is always false; the latter is always true, without exception 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 without without ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the former | | | | | always, false *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the latter | | | | | always, true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The former relates events; the latter conveys a person's view ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion:e1:o4:1 # text = The former relates events; the latter conveys a person's view 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj _ _ 3 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 8 conveys convey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | present | the former | events | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme | | 2 | **convey** | present | the latter | a person's view | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent view=Topic | | 3 | **view** | | a person | | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | **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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