Exam question 4 · Playing fair and cheating in games
It is given that an adult allows a small child to win a game on occasion. Determine how this conduct is characterised.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adult, you · What happens: give, allow, win, determine, characteris · To what, where: It, small child, game, occasion, conduct
This is exam question 4 of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that an adult allows a small child to win a game on occasion.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 allows | mark |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adult | det |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allows | nsubj |
| 7 | allows | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 child | det |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 child | amod |
| 10 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allows | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 win | mark |
| 12 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 child | acl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 game | det |
| 14 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 win | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 occasion | case |
| 16 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 win | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | allow | present | a adult | a small child | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | win | to-infinitive | a adult not said here | a game | occasion | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine how this conduct is characterised.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 characterised | advmod |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 conduct | det |
| 4 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 characterised | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 characterised | aux:pass |
| 6 | characterised | characteris | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | characteris | present · passive | this conduct | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It breaks the game's rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 breaks | nsubj |
| 2 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rules | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 game | case |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | It | the game's rules | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient | ||||
| 2 | rule | the game | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It is lying to the child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lying | aux |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 child | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | It | to the child | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is kind, not cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cheating | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 cheating | advmod |
| 6 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 kind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not cheat | gerund | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It is cheating, and wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheating | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cheating | aux |
| 3 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 wrong | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wrong | cc |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cheating | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | present · progressive | It | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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