--- title: Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-p… — Olympiad: check the claim and spot the… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking. Exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/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/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Olympiad: check the claim and spot the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★ Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, practice · **To what, where:** description, cherry picking This is exam question 3 of lesson 42 «Olympiad: check the claim and spot the trick ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e3:1 # text = Select the description most consistent with the practice of cherry-picking. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 picking picking NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the description | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Theme | | 2 | **practice** | | | cherry picking | | | | | nom practice «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The examination of every portion of the evidence ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e3:o1:1 # text = The examination of every portion of the evidence 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 examination examination NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **examine** | | | every portion of the evidence | | | | | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The correction of an error in public ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e3:o2:1 # text = The correction of an error in public 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 correction correction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **correct** | | | a error in public | | | | | nom correction «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The consultation of several independent outlets ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e3:o3:1 # text = The consultation of several independent outlets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 outlets outlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consult** | | several independent outlets | | | | | | nom consultation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The selection solely of the portions that support one view ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:42-olympiad-check-the-claim-and-spot-the-trick:e3:o4:1 # text = The selection solely of the portions that support one view 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 solely solely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 support support VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **support** | present | the portions | one view | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus | | 2 | **select** | | | the portions | | | | | nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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