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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises an opinion gathered exclusively from members of one's own class? Exam question 4 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 4 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason

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Which of the following most accurately characterises an opinion gathered exclusively from members of one's own class?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** opinion · **What happens:** follow, characteris, gather · **To what, where:** members

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises an opinion gathered exclusively from members of one's own class?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **gather** | past | a opinion |  |  | members of one's own class |  | exclusively *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from member=Source |

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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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A fair and representative survey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e4:o1:1
# text = A fair and representative survey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	representative	representative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A biased sample which cannot settle a comparison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e4:o2:1
# text = A biased sample which cannot settle a comparison
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	biased	biased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **settle** | can | a biased sample | a comparison |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme comparison=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A scientific measurement of quality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e4:o3:1
# text = A scientific measurement of quality
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	measurement	measurement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** |  |  | quality |  |  |  |  | nom measurement «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An independent judgement from outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:e4:o4:1
# text = An independent judgement from outside
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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