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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pictures posted online? Exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Exam question 2 · Speaking up, saying no and growing up

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pictures posted online?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, post · **To what, where:** pictures

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» of the everyday 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/everyday/215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pictures posted online?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	online	online	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | pictures |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **post** | participle |  | pictures *not said here* |  |  |  | online *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They usually depict only people's best moments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:e2:o1:1
# text = They usually depict only people's best moments
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	depict	depict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | present | They |  |  |  | moment | usually *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They depict only unhappy moments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:e2:o2:1
# text = They depict only unhappy moments
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depict	depict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | present | They |  |  |  | moment |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They invariably depict ordinary daily life as it truly is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:e2:o3:1
# text = They invariably depict ordinary daily life as it truly is
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	depict	depict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | present | They | ordinary daily life |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | life |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are always without alteration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:215-speaking-up-saying-no-and-growing-up:e2:o4:1
# text = They are always without alteration
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | without alteration; always *property* | tree rules |

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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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