Exam question 4 · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly

Ascertain the correct attitude towards the outcome of a game of chance.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: correct attitude

This is exam question 4 of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attitude	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 attitude	amod
4	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 outcome	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 outcome	det
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 outcome	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 chance	case
12	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 game	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the correct attitude				towards the outcome of a game of chance	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attitude=Topic

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

Option 1

The dice are to be blamed and replaced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dice	det
2	dice	die	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 blamed	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 blamed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 blamed	aux:pass
6	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 replaced	cc
8	replaced	replace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 blamed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present · passive		the dice					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	replace	participle							vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The loser was careless and is to blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 loser	det
2	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 careless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 careless	cop
4	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blame	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 blame	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 blame	mark
8	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 careless	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the loser					careless property	tree rules
2	is	present	the loser not said here					blame property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Luck decides, so no person is to be blamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 blamed	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	10 blamed	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blamed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blamed	aux:pass
8	to	to	PART	_	10 blamed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 blamed	aux:pass
10	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 decides	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	Luck						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	blame not said to happen	present · passive		no person					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The winner was the cleverest player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 winner	det
2	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 player	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 player	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 player	det
5	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 player	amod
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the winner	the cleverest player					tree rules

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