--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Where did you read that? Checking sour… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the encyclopaedia Wikipedia as a source? Exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/e3/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Where did you read that? Checking sour…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Where did you read that? Checking sources Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the encyclopaedia Wikipedia as a source? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** encyclopaedia This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» of the myths 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/myths/28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the encyclopaedia Wikipedia as a source? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 encyclopaedia encyclopaedia NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 Wikipedia Wikipedia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | the encyclopaedia | | | | of the following statements; as a source; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} An infallible authority incapable of error ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e3:o1:1 # text = An infallible authority incapable of error 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 infallible infallible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 incapable incapable NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A source that may on no account be edited by members of the public ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e3:o2:1 # text = A source that may on no account be edited by members of the public 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 edited edit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 public public NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **edit** | may · passive | members of the public | a source | | no account | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A useful starting point whose cited sources should be verified ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e3:o3:1 # text = A useful starting point whose cited sources should be verified 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 starting starting NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cited cite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 sources source NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 verified verify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cite** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **verify** | should · passive | | a useful starting point a useful starting point a useful starting point's cited sources's cited sources | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A source invariably false in its entirety ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:28-where-did-you-read-that-checking-sources:e3:o4:1 # text = A source invariably false in its entirety 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 entirety entirety NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` 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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