Exam question 2 · Soccer, American football and baseball

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises concussion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: concussion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	concussion	concussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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		concussion				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It occurs only if one is knocked out

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 knocked	advmod
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 knocked	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 knocked	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 knocked	aux:pass
7	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 occurs	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 knocked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock out a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		one					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It is cured by continuing to play

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 cured	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cured	aux:pass
3	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 continuing	mark
5	continuing	continue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cured	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 continuing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	cure	present · passive	It	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
2	continue	gerund		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	play	to-infinitive		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It affects only adult players and never children

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 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 players	advmod
4	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 players	amod
5	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 affects	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 children	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 children	advmod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 players	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	adult players and children					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may occur without loss of consciousness

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 occur	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 occur	aux
3	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 loss	case
5	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occur	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 consciousness	case
7	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	may	It					without loss of consciousness	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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