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title: Identify the principal reason for which news may appear more frighte… — Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which news may appear more frightening than the world truly is. Exam question 2 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…

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Identify the principal reason for which news may appear more frightening than the world truly is.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal reason, world · **What happens:** identify, appear, be

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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/319-anger-fears-and-boredom/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which news may appear more frightening than the world truly is.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | may | the principal reason for which news |  |  |  |  | frightening *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | present | the world |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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It shows the worst things and often not the helpers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e2:o1:1
# text = It shows the worst things and often not the helpers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	helpers	helper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It | the worst things and the helpers |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is always untrue, being written to sell more newspapers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e2:o2:1
# text = It is always untrue, being written to sell more newspapers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | always, untrue *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | more newspapers |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is made with special effects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e2:o3:1
# text = It is made with special effects
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with special effects | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is broadcast only at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:319-anger-fears-and-boredom:e2:o4:1
# text = It is broadcast only at night
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | It |  |  | night |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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