--- title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — April Fools' Day · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the BBC broadcast of 1957 depicting the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees. Exam question 2 of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/440-april-fools-day/e2/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [April Fools' Day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/440-april-fools-day/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · April Fools' Day Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the BBC broadcast of 1957 depicting the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, depict, cultivate · **To what, where:** response, BBC broadcast, cultivation, spaghetti This is exam question 2 of lesson 440 «April Fools' Day» 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/440-april-fools-day/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e2:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the BBC broadcast of 1957 depicting the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 BBC BBC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 broadcast broadcast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 1957 1957 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ _ 15 depicting depict VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cultivation cultivation NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 spaghetti spaghetti NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the BBC broadcast of 1957 | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus broadcast=Experiencer | | 4 | **depict** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the cultivation of spaghetti upon trees | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cultivation=Theme | | 5 | **cultivate** | | | spaghetti upon trees | | | | | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} It was a genuine agricultural report from Switzerland ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e2:o1:1 # text = It was a genuine agricultural report from Switzerland 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 genuine genuine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 agricultural agricultural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Switzerland Switzerland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a genuine agricultural report | | Switzerland | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It was a spoof which numerous viewers believed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e2:o2:1 # text = It was a spoof which numerous viewers believed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spoof spoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 numerous numerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 viewers viewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a spoof | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **believe** | past | numerous viewers | a spoof | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was disregarded by all viewers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e2:o3:1 # text = It was disregarded by all viewers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 disregarded disregard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 viewers viewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disregard** | past · passive | all viewers | It | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was broadcast in error ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:440-april-fools-day:e2:o4:1 # text = It was broadcast in error 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 broadcast broadcast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | past · passive | | It | | error | | | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | **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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