Exam question 3 · Puzzles, money and video games

Select the response consistent with established practice upon repeatedly failing a difficult level in anger.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, fail · To what, where: response, difficult level, anger

This is exam question 3 of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 failing	mark
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	10 failing	advmod
10	failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Select	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 level	det
12	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 level	amod
13	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 failing	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 anger	case
15	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 failing	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	fail	gerund	you not said here	a difficult level	anger	repeatedly property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent level=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One stops, breathes, rests and returns later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 breathes	punct
4	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stops	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rests	punct
6	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stops	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 returns	cc
8	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stops	conj
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 returns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	present	One		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	breathe	present	One not said here		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rest	present	One not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	return	present	One not said here	late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

One throws the controller to relieve anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 controller	det
4	controller	controller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 relieve	mark
6	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 throws	xcomp
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relieve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	One	the controller					tree rules
2	relieve	to-infinitive	One not said here	anger					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anger=Experiencer

Option 3

One blames a sibling for the failure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sibling	det
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 failure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 failure	det
7	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	One	a sibling				for the failure	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sibling=Theme for failure=Attribute

Option 4

One plays continuously until it is passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 plays	nsubj
2	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	continuously	continuously	ADV	_	2 plays	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 passed	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 passed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 passed	aux:pass
7	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 plays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	One					continuously property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	present · passive		it					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

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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