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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises "lateral reading"? Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · How to check: who, how, who else

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Which of the following most accurately characterises "lateral reading"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** lateral reading

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «How to check: who, how, who else» of the politics 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/politics/35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises "lateral reading"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	lateral	lateral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 |  | lateral reading |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The exclusive consultation of the source's description of itself, as published upon its own pages

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e1:o1:1
# text = The exclusive consultation of the source's description of itself, as published upon its own pages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | participle |  | the exclusive consultation of the source's description of description *not said here* |  |  |  | upon description's own pages | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **consult** |  | the source's description of description |  |  |  |  |  | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **describe** |  | the source | description |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 4 | **page** |  | description |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The reading of a document in an unconventional direction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e1:o2:1
# text = The reading of a document in an unconventional direction
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	document	document	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unconventional	unconventional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** |  |  | a document in a unconventional direction |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The repeated perusal of a single document

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e1:o3:1
# text = The repeated perusal of a single document
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	perusal	perusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	document	document	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **peruse** |  |  | a single document |  |  |  |  | nom perusal «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The assessment of a source by consultation of what other sources state concerning it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:35-how-to-check-who-how-who-else:e1:o4:1
# text = The assessment of a source by consultation of what other sources state concerning it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assessment	assessment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nmod	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	state	state	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | other sources |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment *not said here* | source |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
| 3 | **assess** |  | consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation | a source |  |  |  |  | nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient by=agent |
| 4 | **consult** |  | the assessment of a source by consultation of the assessment of a source by consultation |  |  |  |  |  | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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